Kolkata: Justice (retd) A K Ganguly, facing allegations of sexually assaulting a law intern, yesterday stepped down from the post of chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission.
The former Supreme Court judge drove to the Raj Bhavan here and handed over his resignation letter to Governor M K Narayanan during a 45-minute meeting, sources in the know said on condition of anonymity.
The resignation came hours after the Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking to restrain the government from proceeding against Ganguly. Ganguly, however, claimed he had “nothing to do” with the Public Interest Litigation.
The union cabinet had already cleared the home ministry’s proposal for a presidential reference to the Supreme Court for a probe into the allegations. The proposal was being sent to President Pranab Mukherjee, for him to forward to the chief justice of India seeking a probe into the issue.
