Five people, including two alumni, gave secret confessions to judges yesterday in the case of Sushil Hari school founder Sivashankar ‘Baba’, who was caught in a sexual harassment case.
Sushil Hari International Residential School is located in Kelambakkam in Chengalpattu district. Its founder, Sivashankar Baba, 73, sexually harassed three students studying in the school. He was then arrested by policemen and was produced in the Chengalpattu Court on the 17th and remanded in custody. He is being treated at the Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital in Chennai due to ill health.
Siva Shankar had failed to present himself before the Commission following which three cases were registered at the Mahabalipuram All Women Police station (AWPS) under various sections of the IPC, POCSO Act and Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act based on complaints of the alumni. He was later arrested in Ghaziabad.
Many students and alumni of the school had accused Siva Shankar ‘Baba’ of manipulating and sexually harassing girl students at the Sushil Hari School. These had come to light after screenshots of Instagram stories started doing the rounds on social media. Based on this, the Kelambakkam Police arrived at the school to inquire about the incident. Three complaints have reportedly been filed based on which a case has been filed under POCSO Act.
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