Chennai (Tamil Nadu), May 31: The beleaguered Padma Seshadri Bala Bhawan School
in Chennai suffered yet another setback when police arrested the karate instruction
of the school on Sunday.
The instructor Kevin Raj was arrested under the provision of Protection of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act following complaint of sexual harassment by a couple of students. These complaints were made by the students against Kevin Raj in two separate complaints. These complaint were made on the designated phone number set up by Chennai police following the case of sexual harassment of another teacher from the same school.
It might be recalled,
that the commerce teacher of PSBB school, Rajagopalan was arrested just last
week on allegations of sexual harassment by students who were attending online
classes. Now with this second arrest, the school is mired in further controversy
even as the repercussions of the first scandal has not yet died down.
Rajagopalan was arrested on May 27. During interrogation, he informed the
police that some other teachers were also sexually abusing students.
Meanwhile, after the
controversy over Rajagopalan's alleged sexual abuse erupted, police announced a
special phone number for students to lodge complaints if they had faced or are
facing sexual harassment. Police assured that the information of the students
who complained would be kept confidential.
After the phone number was given out, two students of PSBB school contacted the
designated number 9444772222 and lodged a complaint of sexual by Kevin Raj.
Similarly, another student also lodged a complaint against Kevin Raj.
Therefore, based on these complaints, Kevin Raj and two of his friends who were in hiding were arrested by the Anna Nagar All Women Police Station.