Chennai: The Greater Chennai police on Monday night arrested a commerce teacher of Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan in KK Nagar, after students and alumni accused him of sexual harassment.

This incident came to light after an alumni of the school, shared the issue on Instagram. She called out the teacher—who teaches Accountancy and Business Studies at the KK Nagar branch of the school—for interacting with students with sexual intent.

The school suspended the teacher after several allegations of sexual harassment were levelled against him by current and former students of the school. The school appears to have taken the call after over 1,000 alumni exerted pressure demanding a full inquiry into the issue.

Rajagopalan had allegedly touched female students inappropriately in school while making derogatory comments about women and texted inappropriate messages to his students during virtual classes, often commenting on their bodies and clothes.

In a statement, the alumni of the school expressed their support and solidarity with the present students who have come out and alleged sexual misconduct misbehaviour and harassment against Rajagopalan, and demanded immediate action including his suspension as a teacher of the school, pending an investigation.

A special police team led by Crimes against Women and Children (CWC) deputy commissioner of police H Jayalakshmi is probing the case. Police have requested affected students to come forward to lodge complaint.