Lora Shanthakumar, a Dalit Christian assistant professor at Chennai’s SRM University, has been dismissed after an internal inquiry “confirmed” that she committed ‘grave misconduct’ by expressing anti-war views during Operation Sindoor, The News Minute reported.
Lora, who worked at the university’s Career Development Centre (CDC), was first suspended on May 8 after students allegedly doxxed her, leaking her number, photo, and WhatsApp posts to right-wing social media handles. What followed was a wave of targeted online abuse, threatening phone calls, and death threats that forced her to leave Chennai and return to her hometown in Kallakurichi for safety.
The termination order accused her of posting “unethical remarks” against the armed forces and of identifying herself as an SRM faculty member online. “Therefore, she is unfit to continue her job in the institution and is dismissed from service with immediate effect,” the order stated.
The internal inquiry, led by Dr Nisha Ashokan, Director of Student Affairs, and conducted between July 15 and September 26 at SRM’s Kattankulathur campus, submitted its findings on October 30. Lora, a Dalit Christian, faced five charges.
The charge memo issued on June 16 alleged that she had made posts against India’s armed forces, acted “against national interest,” and disrupted the “cordial atmosphere” of the institution. She was further accused of participating in “antisocial” activities deemed “criminal” and amounting to major misconduct.
This story was originally published in maktoobmedia.com. Read the full story here.