Madurai Kamaraj University Psychology HoD Arrested For Sexual Harassment

Madurai Samyanallur All Women PS arrested the HoD and is currently investigating him.

The police took the action after Madurai University students met DIG Ponni and filed a complaint against the professor (File Photo)

Madurai Kamarajar University’s Head of Department of Psychology was arrested for allegedly verbally and sexually harassing university students. The police took the action after Madurai University students met DIG Ponni and filed a complaint against him.

According to ANI,  police said, “Madurai Kamarajar University Psychology HOD Karupiah arrested on allegedly verbally and sexually harassing university students. UG and PG students of the psychology department jointly complained to the Head of Department on April 4.”

Madurai Kamarajar University Psychology HOD, Karupiah arrested on allegedly verbally and sexually harassing university students. UG and PG students of psychology department jointly complained to the Head of Department on April 4: Police

— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2023

“Madurai University students met DIG Ponni and filed a complaint against him. Madurai Samyanallur All Women PS has filed a case against him; he has been arrested and is being investigated,” they added.

Earlier, the students alleged that the professor pointed out some of the girl students and said that boys like thin girls these days and that if the photos of such girls were posted in the matrimonial column they will get guys immediately. The students also said that they have audio and video evidence to prove the claim, as per a report in The New Indian Express. 

In February 2023, a Dalit woman student alleged that she was harassed based on her caste by an assistant professor of Madurai Kamaraj University. The student said she was verbally abused by Shanmugaraja, an assistant professor in History Department, for nearly 2 years. 

The issue came to light after the student gave a complaint to the Vice Chancellor on February 16. In 2011 too, 12 Dalit students filed a complaint against Shanmugaraja for deliberately failing them in a subject. When their papers were re-evaluated, all the students passed in the subject, said a report on The News Minute.