UP Government Orders Action Against KGMU Staff in Conversion Probe

The Uttar Pradesh government has directed King George’s Medical University in Lucknow to take strict departmental action against personnel found complicit in religious conversion, forced conversion, love jihad, mental harassment, and sexual exploitation of female Hindu students and staff. The directive follows a Special Task Force inquiry report dated October 25, 2026, prepared by Deputy Superintendent of Police Pramod Kumar Shukla. The university must submit an action taken report to the state government.

The investigation began after Shivam Srivastava, president of the UP Youth Association, filed a complaint about alleged religious conversion and love jihad on the KGMU campus. The STF report raises serious questions about the conduct and alleged involvement of several faculty members and employees, with some professors also found culpable.

“The report alleges that they suppressed complaints submitted by affected doctors, extended support to the accused and subjected the complainants to mental harassment instead of ensuring appropriate action.”

In the Pathology Department, resident doctor Dewarti Mitra and nursing staff Maviya filed cases at the Chowk and Kaiserbagh police stations in December 2025 against resident doctors Rameez Malik and Mohd Adil under the BNS and the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021. Rameez Malik was arrested in January 2026 and found guilty by KGMU’s internal Vishakha Committee.

The report also covers alleged misconduct connected with the Departments of Radiology and Microbiology, besides Gandhi Ward. It questions the role of senior faculty members, including Pathology Head of Department Professor Suresh Babu and Additional Professor Sumaira Qayyum, alleging they suppressed complaints, supported the accused, and subjected complainants to mental harassment.

Following the findings, the KGMU Executive Council will constitute a six-member inquiry committee to examine the matter. The panel will include the Vice-Chancellor, the Registrar, one Scheduled Caste teacher, one Other Backward Classes teacher, and two members nominated by the Executive Council.

The state government has directed the university administration to initiate action against the individuals identified in the report.