Policing Morality at AMU

Independent Fact Finding Report on Policing Morality at Aligarh Muslim University (March, 2010). On 09.02.2010, newspapers widely reported the story of Dr. Mr. Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras a 64 year old Reader & Chairman, Department of Modern Indian Languages, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) being filmed having consensual sex with another adult male and subsequently suspended by AMU, a Central University. The implications of the suspension both in terms of the perception of homosexuality as immoral despite the judgment of the Delhi High Court as well as the disturbing nature of the occurrence of the filming of Dr. Siras in the privacy of his home prompted a nationwide outrage. It was this seemingly blatant violation of the fundamental rights of privacy and dignity granted to all citizens of the country which prompted a Fact Finding Team to visit Aligarh on 3th and 4th March 2010 to probe this incident.

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