The interim vice chancellor of Nalanda University, Pankaj Mohan, resigned from his post on Wednesday evening. Mohan, who was accused of suppressing an incident of sexual assault on campus, quit on moral grounds, reported PTI.

“I express my sincere apology to the members of Nalanda University Community for my inability to uphold their trust... I have relinquished all the administrative positions and I have also advised the chancellor to institute an inquiry into the period of my term as interim vice-chancellor. If I am found guilty of any wilful error, I will quit the university,” Mohan wrote in his letter to Chancellor Vijay Bhatkar.

Sunaina Singh, the current head of the English and Foreign Languages University in Hyderabad, was appointed the vice chancellor, reported The Wire. Before EFLU, Singh was president of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute.

The Nalanda University administration also suspended a second-year student of School of Historical Studies for allegedly sexually harassing his batch-mate. Another accused student has been shifted to a different hostel, reported PTI. The suspension came after the internal complaints committee, which investigated the complaint lodged in January, had recommended it. On March 27, the university approved the complaints committee’s recommendation. “Further action will be taken in due course according to the ICC recommendation. Due process of law will be followed,” a varsity official told The Times of India.

However, students continued their agitation outside the administrative office for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, demanding legal action against the accused. “The university is in Bihar and Biharis are like that”, is what acting VC Mohan is said to have told students when they urged him to take legal action against the accused.

Police personnel had to be deployed to avoid any clashes during the protests. “The university administration has informed us that the accused has been suspended. We will take action only upon a formal complaint in the matter from the university administration,” Nalanda Superintendent of Police Kumar Ashish told The Times of India.

The varsity has been in news since February 2015 when Amartya Sen quit as the chancellor. The Nobel Laureate had criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party government after stepping down. In November last year, Sen’s successor George Yeo had also resigned from the post of chancellor, citing government interference.