Divya Hari Padman in her complaint petition has sought an inquiry by a team of senior women police officers against Nirmala Nagarajan, Nandhini Nagarajan and the alumna who filed the complaint against her husband.
In addition to suspending Padman pending the inquiry, the board has also decided to terminate the services of three other teaching faculties Sanjith Lal, Sai Krishnan, and Sreenath, who are repertory artists.
Padman, a Kalakshetra alumnus and a teacher at the institute since 2008, was arrested on Monday morning on charges of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation following a complaint by one of his former students
The foundation’s board held a meeting to review the situation and expressed concerns over the recent events. The independent inquiry committee will be led by Justice K Kannan (retd) and will include former Tamil Nadu DGP Letika Saran, and Dr Shobha Varthaman.