‘Trainer’ of disaster drill that killed girl faked credentials
Subburaj. A @timesgroup.com
Coimbatore: 14.07.2018
A day after the accident that claimed the life of a19-year-old girl during a disaster management drill at a private college in Coimbatore on Thursday, the Coimbatore rural police arrested G Arumugam, 31, of Vandalur in Chennai, who claimed to be a trainer from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
N Logeswari, a secondyear BBA student of the Kovai Kalaimagal College of Arts and Science at Vellimalaipattinam near Narasipuram, died after hitting a sunshade on the first floor of the building when she was forced by the trainer to jump off the second floor.
Additional superintendent of police G S Anitha has been questioning Arumugam at the Alandurai police station.
It has come to light that the half-a-dozen degrees, including a PhD, that Arumugam claimed to have possessed were non-existent and that he was not authorised by the NDMA to conduct such training programmes.
With fake degrees and fictitious certificates, Arumugam has been conning colleges since 2011by sending letters soliciting permission to train students.
‘Trainer’ booked for culpable homicide
The Coimbatore rural police on Friday arrested ‘trainer’ G Arumugam for culpable homicide under Section 304 of the IPC for pushing Logeswari resulting in her death during a disaster management drill on Thursday. Meanwhile, CM has announced ₹5 lakh to the girl’s family. P 11
DEADLY CON
Speaker’s wife part of college trustee
The PhD before his name, Arumugam claimed, was given by Tokyo University. He claimed to have conducted 1,275 disaster awareness programmes across the state in colleges. A native of Manavalakurichi in
Kanyakumari, Arumugam, strangely did not charge any fee from the colleges for the training offered. The NDMA has clarified that he was neither its member nor was he trained by any of its officials.
Arumugam would introduce himself as training officer (Tamil Nadu), disaster management and first aid, NDMA. “He would say college managements need not pay him. Instead the students could pay ₹50 each if they needed a certificate on completion of the disaster management exercise, he would tell and get the managements to agree to his proposal,” ASP Anitha said.
Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday said he had directed police officers and higher education department officials to take stringent action against those who organised the drill “without due approval.”
The college authorities declared a holiday on Friday and were evasive. Lok Sabha deputy speaker M Thambithurai’s wife is a member of the college trust, according to his election affidavit.
Subburaj. A @timesgroup.com
Coimbatore: 14.07.2018
A day after the accident that claimed the life of a19-year-old girl during a disaster management drill at a private college in Coimbatore on Thursday, the Coimbatore rural police arrested G Arumugam, 31, of Vandalur in Chennai, who claimed to be a trainer from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
N Logeswari, a secondyear BBA student of the Kovai Kalaimagal College of Arts and Science at Vellimalaipattinam near Narasipuram, died after hitting a sunshade on the first floor of the building when she was forced by the trainer to jump off the second floor.
Additional superintendent of police G S Anitha has been questioning Arumugam at the Alandurai police station.
It has come to light that the half-a-dozen degrees, including a PhD, that Arumugam claimed to have possessed were non-existent and that he was not authorised by the NDMA to conduct such training programmes.
With fake degrees and fictitious certificates, Arumugam has been conning colleges since 2011by sending letters soliciting permission to train students.
‘Trainer’ booked for culpable homicide
The Coimbatore rural police on Friday arrested ‘trainer’ G Arumugam for culpable homicide under Section 304 of the IPC for pushing Logeswari resulting in her death during a disaster management drill on Thursday. Meanwhile, CM has announced ₹5 lakh to the girl’s family. P 11
DEADLY CON
Speaker’s wife part of college trustee
The PhD before his name, Arumugam claimed, was given by Tokyo University. He claimed to have conducted 1,275 disaster awareness programmes across the state in colleges. A native of Manavalakurichi in
Kanyakumari, Arumugam, strangely did not charge any fee from the colleges for the training offered. The NDMA has clarified that he was neither its member nor was he trained by any of its officials.
Arumugam would introduce himself as training officer (Tamil Nadu), disaster management and first aid, NDMA. “He would say college managements need not pay him. Instead the students could pay ₹50 each if they needed a certificate on completion of the disaster management exercise, he would tell and get the managements to agree to his proposal,” ASP Anitha said.
Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday said he had directed police officers and higher education department officials to take stringent action against those who organised the drill “without due approval.”
The college authorities declared a holiday on Friday and were evasive. Lok Sabha deputy speaker M Thambithurai’s wife is a member of the college trust, according to his election affidavit.
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