Pvt college officials held for misbehaviour
Correspondent, Two Directors Arrested
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Madurai:21.03.2019
The correspondent and two women directors of a private paramedical college in Kanyakumari district were on Wednesday arrested by police on charges of misbehaving with women staff and students and outraging the modesty of a staff member.
The incident came to light on Tuesday after the relatives of a staff member and students staged a protest at the Jacob Memorial College of Paramedical Sciences and Research at Erachakulam seeking action against the accused. The college had around 80 boys and girls studied and 10 staff members.
The accused were identified as correspondent Ravi, 35, , director Nalini, 30, and assistant director Kala, 28. They were booked under Sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 506(ii) (criminal intimidation) of the IPC.
Sources said the behaviour of the correspondent, who allegedly used double entendre, made the students and even the women staff uncomfortable. The women directors reportedly were hand in glove with Ravi. Some staff even quit as they were unable to tolerate the acts of indecency, the sources added.
G Jawahar, assistant superintendent of police of Nagercoil subdivision, said there were quite a few allegations against the correspondent. Jawahar, who conducted a preliminary inquiry into the incident, talking to those affected and other staff and students, told TOI that a couple of days ago, the correspondent had tried to misbehave with a staff member at the college but she managed to escape.
She went home in tears and informed her family members. On Tuesday, her agitated relatives went to the institution and staged a demonstration seeking action against the correspondent and the women directors. Students too joined the protest, following which police promised action. The same night, Ravi was picked up for questioning. The two women were picked up on Wednesday morning.
“After inquiries with the affected staff and a few students, we arrested the trio on Wednesday. We will conduct further inquiries into the incident and record the statements of other staff and students,” the ASP said.
Police sources said inquiries would also be conducted to check if there had been incidents of sexual abuse or harassment of students and staff in the past. If so, the case would be modified and appropriate sections added to it, they said.
The arrest of the college management representatives, including the two women directors, took place on a day that tainted professor Nirmala Devi of Virudhunagar district, accused of luring girl students into extending sexual favours to higher officials, was released on bail.
Against the backdrop of the Pollachi sex abuse scandal, this incident has left the student community shocked .
Protests continue in Pollachi case
Coimbatore:
Government Law College students continued their sit-in protest for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, demanding that police withdraw the FIR against 167 students for seeking justice in the Pollachi sexual harassment case.
“How fair is it to file a case against students who protested seeking justice in the sexual harassment case? The students have done nothing wrong to invite a police case. Some of the students are in the final year and an FIR against them would create a black mark,” said S Jaisurya, one of the students who filed a petition with Superintendent of Police P Pandiyaraj on Wednesday.
Jaisurya sought the intervention of court to form a special team to investigate the case without bias as there were allegations regarding the involvement of police officers and local leaders in the case.
“As the SP had revealed the identity of the victim, no other victim has come forward to lodge a complaint. Condemning this, we have sought the removal of the SP from the case,” the student said. TNN
Correspondent, Two Directors Arrested
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Madurai:21.03.2019
The correspondent and two women directors of a private paramedical college in Kanyakumari district were on Wednesday arrested by police on charges of misbehaving with women staff and students and outraging the modesty of a staff member.
The incident came to light on Tuesday after the relatives of a staff member and students staged a protest at the Jacob Memorial College of Paramedical Sciences and Research at Erachakulam seeking action against the accused. The college had around 80 boys and girls studied and 10 staff members.
The accused were identified as correspondent Ravi, 35, , director Nalini, 30, and assistant director Kala, 28. They were booked under Sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 506(ii) (criminal intimidation) of the IPC.
Sources said the behaviour of the correspondent, who allegedly used double entendre, made the students and even the women staff uncomfortable. The women directors reportedly were hand in glove with Ravi. Some staff even quit as they were unable to tolerate the acts of indecency, the sources added.
G Jawahar, assistant superintendent of police of Nagercoil subdivision, said there were quite a few allegations against the correspondent. Jawahar, who conducted a preliminary inquiry into the incident, talking to those affected and other staff and students, told TOI that a couple of days ago, the correspondent had tried to misbehave with a staff member at the college but she managed to escape.
She went home in tears and informed her family members. On Tuesday, her agitated relatives went to the institution and staged a demonstration seeking action against the correspondent and the women directors. Students too joined the protest, following which police promised action. The same night, Ravi was picked up for questioning. The two women were picked up on Wednesday morning.
“After inquiries with the affected staff and a few students, we arrested the trio on Wednesday. We will conduct further inquiries into the incident and record the statements of other staff and students,” the ASP said.
Police sources said inquiries would also be conducted to check if there had been incidents of sexual abuse or harassment of students and staff in the past. If so, the case would be modified and appropriate sections added to it, they said.
The arrest of the college management representatives, including the two women directors, took place on a day that tainted professor Nirmala Devi of Virudhunagar district, accused of luring girl students into extending sexual favours to higher officials, was released on bail.
Against the backdrop of the Pollachi sex abuse scandal, this incident has left the student community shocked .
Protests continue in Pollachi case
Coimbatore:
Government Law College students continued their sit-in protest for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, demanding that police withdraw the FIR against 167 students for seeking justice in the Pollachi sexual harassment case.
“How fair is it to file a case against students who protested seeking justice in the sexual harassment case? The students have done nothing wrong to invite a police case. Some of the students are in the final year and an FIR against them would create a black mark,” said S Jaisurya, one of the students who filed a petition with Superintendent of Police P Pandiyaraj on Wednesday.
Jaisurya sought the intervention of court to form a special team to investigate the case without bias as there were allegations regarding the involvement of police officers and local leaders in the case.
“As the SP had revealed the identity of the victim, no other victim has come forward to lodge a complaint. Condemning this, we have sought the removal of the SP from the case,” the student said. TNN
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