DO NOT JUMP THE GUN
There is no doubt that the alleged suicide by the 42 years old associate professor of Jammu University’s Psychology Department at his chamber on September 7, 2022 is a painful incident but the way the faculty members and some of the organizations have been mounting pressure on government to handover the case to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), it seems that the intellectual class of Jammu is becoming restless unnecessarily as already the police has constituted an SIT in the matter and the case is under investigation. It is needless that the faculty of Jammu University jumps to conclusions without giving reasonable time to the Men in Khaki because raising doubts on police probe is unwarranted as the track record of the Jammu and Kashmir Police is undoubtedly unblemished and it had probed many cases of nature akin to the aforesaid case in the past flawlessly and with absolute precision. It is unfair that without giving ample time and space to the SIT constituted to unravel the truth behind the death of JU faculty, the teaching fraternity seeking the probe from the central investigation agency CBI and is mounting pressure by using tactics like pen down strike, etc. It is
pertinent to mention that a young associate professor of the JU allegedly died by suicide at his office in University of Jammu on September 7, within minutes after he was placed under suspension over allegations of sexual harassment by some female students. The demand of professor fraternity from JU for free and fair inquiry into the alleged suicide by associate professor of Psychology Department itself is unfair because without giving a chance to JKP to investigate the case raising doubt and questions marks is uncalled for and will set a wrong precedent because if the government ceded to this demand then every people will demand a CBI probe in every single case discrediting the proficient, diligent and dutiful JKP, which has expertise in dealing with all sorts of crime and other law and order situations. This kind of attitude by the builders of the nations–the teaching faculty of University of Jammu is unwarranted and those leading these protestors should revisit their decision and join the JKP in helping to investigate the matter with extreme professionalism, which is one of the traits of JKP, as this police force has the credentials to tackle the over three decades of terrorism in J&K and therefore probing the present case of death of JU faculty member is not a big deal although it will take some time to recreate the sequence of events and finally come to conclusion to unearth the right perspective and the true facts behind the tragic death.