MADURAI: Six years after an audio clip — wherein
Nirmala Devi
, then an assistant professor at a Tamil Nadu college, was found luring girl students to offer
sexual favours
to senior officials — went viral, she was
convicted
by Srivilliputhur Mahila Court on Monday. The court will pronounce the quantum of punishment Tuesday.
Two other accused in the case — V Murugan, assistant professor at
Madurai Kamaraj University
, and S Karuppasamy, a research scholar — were, however, acquitted for lack of evidence.
After the audio clip of her telephonic conversation with girl students went viral on social media, Nirmala — then assistant professor at Devanga Arts College (affiliated with Madurai Kamaraj University) in Aruppukottai in Virudhunagar district — was
arrested
on April 16, 2016.
Tamil Nadu govt transferred the case to CB-CID on April 17, 2018, and Murugan was arrested on April 24. Karuppasamy surrendered at Madurai district court on April 25.
