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6d ago

Four Paramedical Staff Arrested for Sexual Harassment at Kakinada Medical College

Legal proceedings under workplace harassment laws supplemented by POCSO provisions include travel bans on the accused.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu sought a report from the Health department and directed officials to take stringent action against all the accused.

Overview

  • The Internal Complaints Committee found that 55 MLT students faced threats, inappropriate behavior and staff working under the influence of alcohol over at least a month.
  • Four paramedical employees — lab attendant V. Kalyan Chakravarthi and technicians S. Gopala Krishna, B. Jimmy Raju and K. V.V.S. Prasada Rao — were suspended under APCS (CCA) rules pending disciplinary action.
  • Kakinada City Police registered cases under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, with POCSO provisions also invoked to launch criminal investigations.
  • Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has demanded a Health Department report on the case, with rigorous legal, disciplinary reviews ordered.
  • The accused are confined to Kakinada headquarters, barred from travel without permission, with subsistence allowances in place during the ongoing inquiry.