Synopsis: Research scholar Vipin Vijayan alleged that Dr Vijayakumari has been discriminating against him based on his caste, and preventing his pursuit of a Ph.D., an incident which the Minister for Higher Education R Bindu termed “deeply unfortunate”. The police have launched a preliminary probe based on his complaint.

A research scholar at the University of Kerala has lodged a police complaint, accusing the Head of the Department of Sanskrit, Dr CN Vijayakumari, of discriminating against him based on caste.

In his complaint lodged with the Kazhakkootam Police, Vipin Vijayan — a researcher at the university’s Kariavattom campus — accused Dr. Vijayakumari, who also serves as the Dean of the Faculty, of repeatedly humiliating him based on caste and obstructing his academic progress.

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