An assistant professor at a prestigious organization for classical arts in Tamil Nadu has been arrested primarily based totally on a sexual harassment criticism filed through a former scholar, officers have stated.
Hari Padman, who teaches dance at Kalakshetra Foundation`s Rukmini Devi College of Fine Arts, turned into arrested this morning through the metropolis police. The former scholar who had discontinued her submit graduate programme on the institute some years ago, allegedly due to sexual harassment through the professor instructed NDTV “He as soon as sought sexual favours. He requested me to return back to his domestic announcing none could get to know”. She added, “He took on me for announcing no. He took me farfar from an crucial function in a dance”.
Last week, in a criticism to AR Kumari, the leader of the Tamil Nadu State Commission for Women, round 90 male and girl college students alleged sexual harassment, body-shaming and verbal abuse through the professor. They have additionally named 3 different repertory artists.
“The lawsuits consist of sexual abuse and sexual harassment of girl and male college students through a college member and 3 repertory artists,” AR Kumari had instructed NDTV ultimate week after touring the institute.
The college students additionally allege that the management has been detached and unresponsive to their lawsuits “We used to get irrelevant textual content messages from them. They gave low grades and denied us opportunities” for now no longer cooperating with them,” an undergraduate scholar stated.
The Kalakshetra Foundation, which runs the organization, had in advance denied the allegations and known as them a disinformation campaign. The college students additionally wrote to the Union Minister G Kishan Reddy and Chief Minister MK Stalin, searching for the elimination of Director Revathi Ramachandran for alleged inactiveness and the reconstitution of the inner lawsuits committee.
Mr Stalin had stated withinside the meeting that no written lawsuits have been obtained yet, however that the sales and police departments have been investigating the matter. “Legal movement might be taken in opposition to whoever is determined guilty,” he stated, additionally tacitly suggesting a flip-flop through the National Commission for Women for first searching for movement on the problem after which setting brakes on it.