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GU sub-committee submits report in ragging complaints HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, MAY 4 While the report of the Prevention of the Sexual Harassment Committee is likely to be delayed further, the sub-committee appointed to do some fact finding in the ragging complaints made by students of the Political Science Department at the Goa University submitted its report on Monday. Registrar GU M M Sangodkar said the sub-committee submitted the report to him and the Vice-Chancellor and the same has been handed over to the chairman of the Anti-Ragging Committee. When asked to comment on the fact findings mentioned in the report, Sangodkar said it wouldn’t be correct on his part to comment on the contents before the Anti-Ragging Committee does a thorough examination of the same in its meeting. On the question of when the Anti-Ragging Committee would give its final verdict on the sub-committee’s fact findings, he replied, “We are expecting the verdict before the Executive Council meeting takes place on May 9. In case the committee requires more time then it will have to communicate the same to the EC.” When asked to comment on the date on which the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Committee would submit its final report, Sangodkar answered, “It is likely the committee requires more time. However, it has not communicated to us. It will have to come to the EC.” The Anti-Ragging Committee and the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Committees are probing into complaints made by students of the Political Science Department which have alleged sexual harassment at the hands of the HoD of the said department. The university said even though the sexual and ragging charges were interlinked both were being probed independently by the two committees. It said the matter would be laid threadbare once both the committees give their respective verdicts. Some of the students have alleged the HoD, who has denied all charges made against him, had forced them to file the ragging complaint to divert the focus into the sexual harassment case.