AMU’s professor fails to inform about her arrest to university authorities

AGRA: The Chairperson of

Political Science department

in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU),

Prof Nigar Zuberi

, could be in trouble for not informing the university authorities about her arrest in

property related fraud case

.


According to officials, Zuberi, had surrendered in the court of additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM), Meerut, on May 6 along with her husband after the court issued a

non-bailable warrant

against them. However, she failed to inform the university about her arrest and remand to

judicial custody

.

After seeing media reports about her arrest, AMU’s Registrar Abdul Hamid has written a letter to the Meerut district magistrate, on Wednesday, seeking details of the case.

Talking to TOI, he said, “We don’t have any official communication regarding her arrest, so we have written to the DM Meerut to inquire if any FIR has been registered against her and if she is in judicial custody”.

According to a letter written to the registrar by the dean of Faculty of Social Science,

Prof Akbar Husain

, no leave application was submitted by Zuberi either to the Principal

Women’s College

or him. However, she did ask Prof Iqbalur Rehman (who is on probation for a year) to officiate as Chairman, who later informed him verbally on May 11, despite officiating since May 6.

A case against Chairman of AMU’s political science department, Nigar Zuberi and her husband Moinuddin Khan, was registered at Nauchandi police station, Meerut in November 2017 under section 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document), 406 (criminal breach of trust), and 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees) of IPC, on a complaint filed by Zaheen Ahmad. (Copy of FIR is in possession of TOI).

Zaheen’s lawyer, Mateen Ahmad Rizvi told TOI that Zuberi and her husband’s bail application hearing was scheduled today in district court, Meerut and the judge reserved the order after arguments.


Former Chairman in the department of Philosophy, AMU,

Prof Tariq Islam

, said that the university administration should take immediate action against her to save its reputation. He said, “the matter is already in public domain and hence there is no need to wait for an official communication”.