Professor booked for sexual abuse of 3 students in Kannur University

Kannur: Dr K.V. Ramakrishnan, HoD, mathematical science department, Kannur University, has been booked for sexually abusing three girl students. The police registered a case against him on Saturday based on a complaint filed by the varsity registrar on Friday.

The police slapped a case under sections of IPC 354 against the teacher for “assaulting women with intent to outrage their modesty.”

He will be interrogated soon, it is learnt. The women’s organisations demanded that the statement of three students should be registered under IPC 164 before a magistrate as there were chances of the teacher, who is a member of the pro-CPM teachers’ organisation, influencing the victims.

It may be recalled that a two-member committee constituted by the Kannur University on the students’ complaints had found him prima facie guilty. The committee formed on the directions from Governor P. Sathasivam consisted of Vineetha Menon (anthropology) and Manjula Poyil (department of history).

DC had reported the sexual harassment incident on March 4. The Governor, who is also the Chancellor, had sought a report from the Kannur University vice- chancellor on the students’ complaint.

The committee had come to the conclusion that there was prima facie evidence of mental and physical harassment by the teacher as alleged by the students.