Divya Hari Padman, wife of Hari Padman who has been accused in Kalakshetra sexual harassment case, lodged a complaint with Chennai police commissioner Shankar Jiwal on Wednesday. Divya Hari Padman in her complaint alleged that her husband was arrested in a 'false complaint' and sought an inquiry into the matter.
Divya is also an employee of the Kalakshetra Foundation.
In her complaint on Wednesday, Divya alleged that it was a false complaint. She said that the aluma gave the complaint after the instigation of two teachers.
Divya said that the teachers--Nirmala Nagarajan and Nandhini Nagarajan--were jealous since Hari Padman received praises from former principal Janardhanan, a report on The Hindu said.
As a result, Divya alleged that the lecturers used the survivor to make her lodge a false complaint. She also said that survivor was against her husband since once Hari Padman reprimanded the survivor for her 'inglorious activities’ following which she developed ‘annoyance’ against Hari Padman.
Divya said that the suvivor took part in the birthday celebration of her daughter on September 15, 2019. However, the suvivor said that she faced abuse on July 19
She also asked why would the survivor maintain social contact if she had been sexual harassed by Hari Padman.
She claimed that the survivor thanked Hari Padman on social media after discontinuing her courses at Kalakshetra in 2019.
On April 3, Chennai police arrested Hari Padman, an assistant professor of the Kalakshetra Foundation, based on a sexual harassment complaint from his student.
The accused, Hari Padman, who was absconding after he returned back to Chennai from a study tour to Hyderabad, was arrested in the early hours of Monday.
Hari Padman was arrested under Sections 354A (sexual harassment), 509 (use of words, gestures, or acts intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the IPC and Section 4 of the Women Harassment Act.