<p>A senior faculty member of the Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) has been arrested, while a research scholar surrendered before a court on Wednesday in connection with the sexual favours scandal involving a woman college teacher, police said.</p>.<p>V Murugan, an assistant professor of the university, was arrested Tuesday night and produced Wednesday morning before a court in nearby Sattur, which remanded him to a five-day custody of the Crime-Branch Crime Investigation Department (CB-CID).</p>.<p>Research student Karuppasamy of the university surrendered before a Madurai court and was remanded to judicial custody till Thursday, the police said.</p>.<p>Suspended assistant professor Nirmala Devi, the main accused in the scandal, has reportedly told the CB-CID that Murugan and Karuppasamy had instigated her to lure the students to extend sexual favours to the officials of the university, in return for higher marks and money.</p>.<p>Devi of the private Devanga Arts College in Aruppukottai was arrested on April 16, a day after an audio clip went viral in the social media, where she purportedly sought to persuade girls to consider extending sexual favours to senior MKU officials.</p>.<p>As the issue snowballed into a major controversy, Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, who is the chancellor of the university, ordered a probe by retired IAS officer R Santhanam.</p>.<p>The case, initially registered by the local police, was transferred to the CB-CID on April 17 because of its "sensitive nature".</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Santhanam arrived here on Wednesday and two girl students of the Devanga Arts College, affiliated to the MKU, gave petitions to him through their lawyer, Muthukumar, the police said.</p>.<p>The contents of the petitions were not immediately known.</p>.<p>The woman assistant professor was purported to have contacted the students a month ago, but the scandal came to light only after the audio clip went viral.</p>.<p>The college management has said that she was suspended, soon after a complaint was received from the students.</p>
<p>A senior faculty member of the Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) has been arrested, while a research scholar surrendered before a court on Wednesday in connection with the sexual favours scandal involving a woman college teacher, police said.</p>.<p>V Murugan, an assistant professor of the university, was arrested Tuesday night and produced Wednesday morning before a court in nearby Sattur, which remanded him to a five-day custody of the Crime-Branch Crime Investigation Department (CB-CID).</p>.<p>Research student Karuppasamy of the university surrendered before a Madurai court and was remanded to judicial custody till Thursday, the police said.</p>.<p>Suspended assistant professor Nirmala Devi, the main accused in the scandal, has reportedly told the CB-CID that Murugan and Karuppasamy had instigated her to lure the students to extend sexual favours to the officials of the university, in return for higher marks and money.</p>.<p>Devi of the private Devanga Arts College in Aruppukottai was arrested on April 16, a day after an audio clip went viral in the social media, where she purportedly sought to persuade girls to consider extending sexual favours to senior MKU officials.</p>.<p>As the issue snowballed into a major controversy, Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, who is the chancellor of the university, ordered a probe by retired IAS officer R Santhanam.</p>.<p>The case, initially registered by the local police, was transferred to the CB-CID on April 17 because of its "sensitive nature".</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Santhanam arrived here on Wednesday and two girl students of the Devanga Arts College, affiliated to the MKU, gave petitions to him through their lawyer, Muthukumar, the police said.</p>.<p>The contents of the petitions were not immediately known.</p>.<p>The woman assistant professor was purported to have contacted the students a month ago, but the scandal came to light only after the audio clip went viral.</p>.<p>The college management has said that she was suspended, soon after a complaint was received from the students.</p>