“Darling, I have retrieved two papers for you. When will you come meet me?” An alleged phone conversation between a woman student and an assistant professor at Lucknow University has sparked outrage after audio recordings submitted to the university pointed to harassment linked to leaked examination papers.
In another part of the conversation, the student tells the professor, “Sir, I have studied and completed the syllabus,” suggesting she did not need the leaked papers. The professor allegedly replies, “So you will not come meet me even once?” and later says, “Don’t try, come before the exams, within seven days,” according to multiple media reports.
The accused, assistant professor Paramjit Singh from the zoology department, allegedly pressured
the B.Sc student to meet him before examinations while offering access to question papers.
After one of the calls ended, the student can allegedly be heard saying that the professor was calling her again so he could molest her.
The student later submitted the audio recordings to the university administration, after which the Controller of Examinations lodged a formal complaint. The university has constituted a committee to investigate the allegations of harassment and the suspected paper leak.
The case has drawn attention amid growing scrutiny of examination paper leaks across the country following the Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the NEET UG 2026 paper leak.
Police have taken Singh into custody. He has denied the allegations and claimed he is being targeted due to “internal politics” within the university.
Meanwhile, members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad staged protests on the campus, demanding strict action against the professor. ABVP Lucknow University unit president Jai Srivastava urged the university administration, police and the Uttar Pradesh government to invoke stringent provisions related to examination integrity and sexual harassment.
The university administration said any act that harms the institution’s reputation would be treated seriously. Vice Chancellor JP Saini has directed the Internal Complaints Committee to submit its report within 24 hours.
University officials earlier said statements of the accused professor, the student and several other students had been recorded at the proctor’s office as part of the inquiry.
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