TN: Asst. Prof held for alleged sexual assault of former student

cuddalore (tamil nadu): an assistant professor of annamalai university was arrested for alleged sexual assault of a former student and for threatening her with a private video, police said on monday. the victim, a postgraduate student at annamalai university during 2018-19, hailing from namakkal district, preferred a complaint with the superintendent of police, s jeyakumar, claiming that the assistant professor j raja (55), had sexually assaulted her when she was a student at the varsity, police said. raja, a resident of chidambaram, reportedly recorded her private video and allegedly threatened her a few months ago, she said in a complaint with the police. following this, the superintendent of police instructed the annamalai nagar police to investigate and take appropriate action. after a probe by deputy superintendent of police t agustin joshua lamech with inspectors: tamilarasi and k ambedkar in the team, the police registered a case against raja and arrested him on may 31. he has been remanded and further investigation is on, the police official said.