A BHU professor, who was accused of sexual misconduct by some students and suspended last year, has been sent on compulsory retirement, sources said on Sunday.

The decision to retire Prof. Shai Kumar Chaube of the university’s Zoology Department was taken during a meeting chaired by the Vice-Chancellor in Delhi on Friday.

Woman students had accused Prof. Chaube of sexual misconduct during an excursion to Bhubaneswar-Puri in Odisha in October last year.