Eleven students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have filed a complaint with the university’s Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), alleging sexual harassment by a professor, according to university sources.JNU professor faces sexual harassment allegations from 10 students, ICC probes (File Photo)The complaint was filed in May this year, following which the ICC began proceedings and called several students to record their statements, the sources said. The university then went into a roughly 45-day semester break. When students returned in mid-July as classes resumed, discussions surrounding the complaint resurfaced, a source said.WhatsApp chat triggers probeThe allegations stem from viva examinations held in the first week of May, when the professor allegedly made inappropriate remarks with sexual connotations, the source said. In the second week of May, one of the students shared her experience in an unofficial WhatsApp group comprising only students, prompting several others to come forward with similar allegations.“During viva examinations in the first week of May, the professor made inappropriate remarks with sexual connotations. In the second week of May, one student later shared her experience in an unofficial WhatsApp group which comprises only of students, prompting several others to come forward with similar allegations. He made remarks suggesting that he would award them extra marks if the students accepted his sexual advances,” the source told HT.“Later that month, a complaint was submitted to the ICC, following which several students were called to give their statements,” the source added.The JNU administration did not respond to queries sent by HT seeking comment on the matter.