Tamil Nadu Shocker: 50-Yr-Previous Faculty Instructor Arrested For Sexually Abusing Over 20 College students

CHENNAI: A authorities faculty instructor in Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiris district has been arrested after being accused of sexually abusing greater than 20 college students. The accused, M. Senthil Kumar (50), a resident of Iduhatty close to Udhagamandalam, was working as a science instructor in a authorities faculty when the allegations got here to gentle.

Senthil Kumar, who has served as a instructor for greater than 23 years in varied authorities colleges throughout Tamil Nadu, had solely not too long ago been posted to the Nilgiris. The disturbing revelations emerged throughout an consciousness programme carried out by the district police to coach college students about sexual harassment and abuse.

Throughout these classes, a number of college students reported that their instructor had been sexually assaulting them since his appointment on the faculty. Following the scholars’ complaints, the police registered a case towards Senthil Kumar below Part 75(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for sexual harassment, together with related sections of the Safety of Youngsters from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

He was additionally booked below provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, as a number of the victims belong to marginalised communities.

Senthil Kumar was arrested earlier this month and remanded to judicial custody.

In view of the intense nature of the offences and the potential menace posed by the accused, Nilgiris Superintendent of Police N.S. Nisha really useful detention below the Goondas Act — a safety measure used towards recurring offenders and people thought-about a hazard to public order.

Performing on the advice, the District Collector Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneeru accredited the order, and served the orders to Senthil Kumar, who’s already lodged in Coimbatore Central Jail.

The police have now widened the scope of their investigation to incorporate the colleges the place Senthil Kumar had beforehand labored.

Authorities are attempting to find out whether or not comparable offences have been dedicated in his earlier postings.

Officers have urged any further victims to return ahead as a part of the continuing inquiry.

The case has despatched shockwaves throughout the Nilgiris district, prompting requires stricter background checks and surveillance mechanisms inside instructional establishments to make sure pupil security.