Students and alumni of Chennai-based Padma Sheshadri Bala Bhavan School have accused one of their teachers of making sexual advances and sexually coloured remarks at them.
Students and alumni of Chennai-based Padma Sheshadri Bala Bhavan School have accused one of their teachers of making sexual advances and sexually coloured remarks at them.
Social media is flooded with posts calling out Rajagopalan, who teaches Accountancy and Business Studies at the KK Nagar branch of the school.
More and more students are now sharing their harrowing experiences anonymously. Some students alleged that he once circulated a porn site link in a class group.
The accusations sparked strong voices against the school administration online.
The allegations of sexual harrasment at Chennai - KK Nagar school by a teacher no less are horrifying and grave. This perpetrator must be held accountable and strict legal action should be taken against him. The School authorities, should take stringent action against
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The sexual harassment allegations against a commerce teacher in PSBB School,Chennai has been shocking. Inquiry should be conducted and action must be taken against those who are involved including school authorities who failed to act against the complaints from students. (1/3)
— Kanimozhi (கனிமொழி) (@KanimozhiDMK)
The charges of sexual harrasment against a teacher of school needs most stringent action. An immediate inquiry must be conducted and action taken under law against the guilty. If there is evidence that school management was told and did nothing then they are guilty too
— Sumanth Raman (@sumanthraman)
TW: sexual harassment. There has been a lot of conversation going on around casteism in schools and PSBB being at the core of it. Another issue that has come to light is of a commerce teacher Rajagopalan who has been making lewd comments, slut shaming and touching girls
— Nivetha Sekar (@NivethaSekar10)
The alumni of PSBB have shot off a letter to the school's dean demanding immediate suspension of the accused teacher and an inquiry into the matter.
In the letter, the alumni alleged that Rajagopalan also physically touched students inappropriately with sexual intent.
The letter claimed that at one of the online classes during the lockdown, Rajagopalan came wearing only a towel. The alumni also alleged that the teacher sent WhatsApp messages to students commenting about their photos, made remarks about physical appearance and once even asked a student to go to the movies with him.
The alumni accused Rajagopalan of questioning girl students' character and reputation in front of the class and expressly stating that they are women of easy virtue because they choose to wear sleeveless and non-traditional clothes.
The alumni accused the school management of not taking any action despite complaints from parents.
The school administration has denied the accusations of not acting on complaints.
School officials said that the allegations had not been brought to the management's notice in the past. However, officials said that they have now taken suo motu cognizance of the complaints and will take all necessary steps to address the situation in a free, fair and transparent manner.