Kalakshetra professor Hari Padman arrested in sexual harassment case
Tamilnadu Police on Monday arrested Hari Padman, an assistant professor in Kalakshetra foundation, two days after he was booked on sexual harassment charges based on a complaint by a former student of the institute.
Adyar AWPS (All Women Police Station) had on Friday booked a case under section 354 A (sexual harassment), 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and section 4 of the Tamil Nadu prohibition of harassment of women act against Hari Padman.
Police sources said that he was picked up from a hideout near Madhavaram.
The complainant had stated in her complaint that the faculty had sent obscene messages to her through social media and had also sexually harassed her when she was a student at the institution.
The complaint was made after days of protest at the institute demanding action against the instructors who have been accused of sexual harassment.