Kochi: The police on Thursday submitted before the Kerala High Court that the material collected so far had prima facie established that Ms P. Lekshmi Nair, former principal of Kerala Law Academy Law College, had committed the offence under section 3(s) of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The investigation was in progress, the police said in a statement submitted in response to a petition filed by Ms Nair challenging the registration of the case on the basis of the complaint lodged by Vivek, a fourth-year LLB student.
He alleged that on January 21, 2016, she had ridiculed him while he stood in front of her office along with four friends, causing him mental agony and degrading his esteem. According to Ms Lekshmi Nair, no such incident had occurred on that day as she was on leave then. The allegation was malicious and vexatious to settle scores of personal vendetta, she said.
