IIT Kanpur faculties, students receive mysterious mails

Faculties and students of IIT-Kanpur have received mysterious mails alleging corruption by its director, prompting the institute to set up an inquiry.

The mail, raising questions on the character of IIT-Kanpur's director Sanjay Govind Dhande, has details about his alleged properties abroad. It was sent on Monday from the email-ID of a student who is currently on leave.

"The mails have been sent by hacking the the e-mail ID of Jyoti Sharan, a first-year student of IIT-Rajasthan which runs from the same campus," Dhande said on Tuesday.

Jyoti is currently on leave and has gone to his home in Chennai, he said.

The sender, who identified himself as Manish, has given details of alleged corruption by the director and has also targeted his family in these mails.

The institute has set-up a team of cyber experts to check the mail and ascertain the identity of the sender, Dande said adding, police is also investigating the case.

He also said the team suspects that some insider may be involved in the incident.

Meanwhile, he denied all the charges leveled against him in the mail, saying it is an attempt to assassinate his character and malign the image of the IIT.