Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, a Congress MP from Manipur and former professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, announced on Thursday that he had been heading to Delhi from Imphal after he received a police summon in connection with the sexual harassment allegations levelled against him by female students enrolled at the institute.

Expressing confidence in the legal process, Bimol said he was responding to the summons and asserted that justice shall prevail. He said, “I am going there because there is a police summons. Don’t worry, justice will be done.” He further sought to place the controversy within the broader context of what he termed ‘decades of injustice’ suffered by the people of Manipur.

Accused professor Angomcha Bimol Akoijam

He further said, “This is the beginning of undoing all injustices that my people have faced over the decades. Justice will be done and to fight against injustice, this is the beginning.”

FIR registered against Bimol at Vasant Kunj Police Station

The Delhi Police have asked Bimol to cooperate with the probe into a case registered against him after a complaint was filed by JNU’s chief security officer. Subsequently, an FIR had been registered against Bimol at the city’s Vasant Kunj North police station on October 11, 2026, and the cops booked him under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which pertain to sexual harassment, as well as acts or gestures intended to outrage a woman’s modesty.

The action was taken after scores of female students reportedly filed complaints against Bimol, who was employed as a professor at JNU, and later entered electoral politics. As per reports, as many as 11 women students had raised complaints against him.

Allegations of inappropriate personal interactions, sexually suggestive behaviour and unwelcome physical contact had been raised against him, which are under police probe, and have not been established through a criminal court verdict.

Professor dismissed after internal inquiry

The institute’s internal committee conducted an inquiry into the allegations, and when they were found to be authentic, JNU dismissed Bimol from service. The institution then forwarded its findings, as well as the inquiry report and other relevant documents, to the police. However, Bimol has been denying the allegations since the beginning and has also raised questions on the university’s inquiry process. He called all the complaints ‘politically motivated.’