Overview

• J Raja, a 55-year-old assistant professor, was arrested on May 31 in Chidambaram after police registered a case against him
• The former postgraduate student alleges Raja lured her to his house and subjected her to repeated assaults over two years beginning in 2018
• She first complained to university officials and later approached police in 2025 after Raja allegedly threatened to leak a private recording
• Police say he recorded a private video during the alleged assaults and used it to blackmail the victim
• The case has intensified scrutiny of campus security and accountability at Annamalai University and beyond in Tamil Nadu