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Made scapegoat: MKU assistant professor's wife

Suja Murugan said her husband is innocent and he had been made “scapegoat to protect the real culprits.”

Chennai: Suja, the wife of arrested MKU assistant professor V. Murugan on Saturday claimed a threat to her family if they revealed the names of the real culprits in the sex scandal involving Arupukottai college assistant professor Nirmala Devi. Suja Murugan said her husband is innocent and he had been made “scapegoat to protect the real culprits.”

Suja Murugan told reporters in Madurai that her husband was being made a “scapegoat in the case to protect higher officials who are the real culprits.” Murugan met Nirmala only thrice.

An assistant professor in the management studies department, Murugan is currently in CB-CID custody for being an accomplice in the case. Suja claimed former research scholar Karuppasamy introduced Murugan to Nirmala and that he was not involved in any of the shady deals. “She was given an air-conditioned room. Higher officials regularly met her and one of them had extended full support to her using his powers,” she alleged.

The meetings between Murugan and Nirmala were at public places and never held in secrecy. “We have evidence against them and we will make them public. When the audio clips were made public, Murugan only called to ask why she spoke to the students like this,” she said.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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