King George’s Medical University has been directed by the Uttar Pradesh government to initiate action against faculty members and employees named in a Special Task Force inquiry into allegations of sexual exploitation, harassment, pressure for religious conversion and suppression of complaints across several departments.
Acting on a communication from the medical education department, KGMU vice-chancellor Prof Sonia Nityanand has called an emergency meeting of the university’s executive council on November 6. The council will consider disciplinary proceedings under the KGMU Act, 2002, and the university’s statutes, according to the report.
The government has also asked the university to take appropriate action against those named in the inquiry and submit an action-taken report. The STF report followed an extensive investigation involving nursing staff, resident doctors and faculty members in Gandhi Ward and the microbiology, pathology and radiology departments.
The inquiry refers to complaints from at least 11 individuals and recommends departmental action against people it found prima facie involved. The allegations cover different forms of misconduct, including sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, coercion linked to marriage and religious conversion, and the alleged suppression of complaints within the institution.
Two criminal cases registered in December 2025 form a central part of the report. The first was filed at Chowk police station on December 23 on a complaint by a junior resident doctor from the pathology department against another resident doctor. The complaint alleged prolonged physical and mental harassment, pressure to convert and marry, and repeated assaults after the complainant refused. The accused was arrested on January 9, 2026. The report also states that KGMU’s internal complaints committee found him guilty.
The second case was registered at Kaiserbagh police station on December 29 on a complaint by a nursing staff member against a resident doctor. The complainant alleged sexual exploitation on the promise of marriage and a subsequent refusal to marry.
The nursing services section of the STF report names three accused staff members or doctors in connection with allegations involving four women employees. The microbiology section refers to a complaint by a contractual computer operator against a department employee. The pathology department contains the highest number of allegations, including claims by multiple women doctors against one resident doctor.
The executive council meeting will determine the university’s next disciplinary steps under its governing legal and administrative framework. The government’s requested action-taken report will provide the formal record of how KGMU responds to the findings and recommendations in the STF inquiry.
