Last Year, a woman, who is a junior athlete coach, alleged that the then sports minister harassed her from February to November last year, through repeated messages on social media, touched her inappropriately and also threatened her in messages.
The students of the Kalakshetra college in Chennai's Thiruvanmiyur were protesting over a delay in action against a professor and others, against whom sexual harassment allegations.
Amid the sexual/verbal abuse allegations levelled by the students' Union of Kalakshetra college, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday assured that if proven guilty, appropriate action would be taken against the alleged perpetrators.
The students are demanding the dismissal of four staff members accusing them of inapporpirate behaviour and sexual/verbal abuse. The Union also demanded reconstitution of the internal complaints committee and also recognise the students' union which was formed on Thursday.
"Large numbers of students were protesting since Thursday afternoon, and a call for a temporary halt was made by Kalakshetra students' representatives at around 02.00 am," sources told ANI.
The students of Kalakshetra Educational Institute, which operates under the control of the central government, sat on a protest inside the institute to take action against the professor who sexually harassed the students.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) will visit Kolkata, and Malda, in West Bengal on Friday and Saturday to conduct a fact-finding inquiry related to recent cases of murder and sexual assault.
DCW chief Maliwal stated, "The incident is extremely unfortunate. We have seen a number of cases in the past wherein girl students have been harassed by antisocial elements who have forcibly entered colleges, especially during the fest. I have issued notices to Delhi Police and college autho