Sexual Harassment Case Filed Against Siva Shankar Baba; He Skips Hearing Due To 'Heart Attack'
The self-styled godman, who was summoned by Chennai’s child rights’ body for a hearing into the matter, claimed that he had suffered a heart attack.
Chennai: Self-styled godman and Chennai’s Sushil Hari International Residential School founder Siva Shankar Baba, who has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for sexually harassing school students, did not appear before the Tamil Nadu Commission for Protection of Child’s Rights (TNCPCR).
The self-styled godman, who was summoned by Chennai’s child rights’ body for a hearing into the matter, claimed that he had suffered a heart attack.
The school administrator on behalf of the self-styled godman informed that the latter suffered a heart attack on the night of June 8 during his religious trip to Dehradun and is presently under treatment at a hospital in the Uttarakhand capital.
The matter will reportedly be heard in the next three months.
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The state’s Crime-Branch Crime Investigation Department (CBCID) is investigating the matter, which relates to the recent sexual abuse allegations levelled by the former students of the Sushil Hari International Residential School against Siva Shankar Baba.
The matter came to light when G. Rajagopal, a teacher of Chennai’s Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, was arrested for misbehaving with his students.
The former students of the Sushil Hari International Residential School after Rajagopal’s arrest alleged on Twitter that they were harassed by the self-styled godman.
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