Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi on Thursday suspended Dibrugarh University vice-chancellor Ranjit Tamuli following allegations of financial irregularities and misuse of public fund against him.
The Governor has also handed over the charge of the Vice-Chancellor to Professor RNS Yadav of Department of Life Sciences and Dean of Faculty of Biological Sciences, a statement from Raj Bhawan said.
Earlier, a four-member fact-finding committee was constituted to probe the alleged financial irregularities and misuse of public funds by the vice-chancellor.
A notification issued by the office of Assam Governor on Tuesday informed that the committee under the chairmanship of Preetom Saikia, state commissioner and secretary (higher education), would investigate the allegations, authenticate signature, handwriting, examine documents, interact with various persons concerned to ascertain facts and to do all necessary (as per law) to unearth facts.