National Students Union of India (NSUI) has suspended Shahjahanpur district president Irfan Hussain after a video of him misbehaving with a woman student had gone viral on social media.
A video of Hussain had gone viral on social media, which showed him threatening the student allegedly after she had complained of harassment.
A letter of suspension dated January 20, 2019 and signed by Vishal Chaudhary, National Secretary of NSUI and in-charge of the West U.P. unit, was shared by a Twitter user.
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The letter states that Hussain is suspended with immediate effect and the matter has been referred to NSUI disciplinary committee for further investigation.
ANI reported that Hussain had said aggressively to a woman student, “You are just in the first year now, you have to stay here for three more years, you must reform yourself (sudhar jao). I will make it very difficult for you to enter the college main gate. Act like a woman, stay in your limits.”
An FIR for molestation was registered against Hussain, reported ANI.