AMU prof in gay sex scandal commits suicide

Aligarh Muslim University professor Dr Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras, who was suspended after being allegedly caught having consensual sex with a rickshaw-puller in his campus home, was found dead at his residence.

Police sources said that the disgraced professor allegedly committed suicide.

Dr Siras, a reader and chairman of Modern Indian Languages at AMU, was served a memo on February 9 by the office of the AMU registrar, Dr V K Abdul Jalil, under rule 403-C of the statute of the university, after a prima facie case of 'gross misconduct' was made out against him.

On February 19, AMU vice chancellor P K Abdul Azis suspended Sirasi and asked him to vacate the varsity premises.

However, on April 1, the Allahabad High Court had stayed his suspension.