Guwahati: ‘Justice will be done,’ Congress Lok Sabha MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam said outside Imphal airport on Thursday before leaving for New Delhi to join a Delhi Police investigation into sexual harassment allegations against him at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).Delhi Police had summoned him for questioning on Thursday after an FIR was registered against him on Oct 11 at the Vasant Kunj North police station. The FIR was filed on a complaint by JNU’s chief security officer following allegations by students. The allegations are under investigation.“I am going there because there is police summons. Don’t worry, justice will be done…. This is the beginning of undoing all injustices that my people have faced over the decades,” Akoijam told the media as supporters raised slogans in his support.“Justice will be done and to fight against injustice this is the beginning. I will be fighting for not only the injustices being meted out to me but decades of suffering that my people have faced,” he said.JNU dismissed Akoijam on Oct 9. He described the action as a “witch hunt” and questioned whether due process was followed.According to reports, at least 11 women students had complained against him in May. BJP leaders have demanded his resignation, and chief minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh has reportedly made the same call. Akoijam’s supporters have held rallies in Imphal, calling the allegations a bid to silence him.Former students’ statementA group of Akoijam’s former MPhil and PhD students at JNU’s Centre for the Study of Social Systems (CSSS) issued a statement expressing solidarity with him.They said they ‘outrightly reject’ the allegations and the ‘major punishment’ imposed onAkoijam, calling the dismissal ‘rushed, procedurally flawed, and politically charged’.
