Anu Chatrath implicated in hate mail against VC

Chandigarh, December 21
Politics has hit rock bottom in Panjab University (PU) with a hate mail against the Vice-Chancellor being traced to the residence of Anu Chatrath, a former Mayor.

Anu Chatrath’s husband, Dr Deepak Kapoor, is in the race for the post of Dean, Business Schools, the elections for which are scheduled for tomorrow.

The Vice-President holds the post of the Chancellor of the university.

The issue, which is bound to dampen the celebrations of the Chatrath group which won 13 seats in the Syndicate elections, came to the fore about a month ago when the Vice-Chancellor’s office reportedly received a communication from the Chancellor’s office.

According to the Chancellor’s office, one of the university professors had accused the Vice-Chancellor of misappropriation of funds and demanded an inquiry into his telephone records.

The language left the Vice-Chacellor, RC Sobti, suspicious and he contacted the professor concerned, but got to know that he had not complained and that the mail id was fictitious.

Following this, he shot a complaint to the IG Police, who forwarded the case to the cyber cell.

The IP address was traced back to a Sector 8 house which belongs to the in-laws of Anu Chatrath, former Mayor and PU Senator. Her husband Deepak Kapoor teaches business studies at the university and made headlines for accusing the VC of misbehaving with him during an interview for the controller examination.

While Sobti refused to comment, one of his close officials revealed: “It came as a shock to all of us that Senators could stoop so low. We have just learnt about it and will decide on the further course of action soon.”