MKU scandal: Srivilliputtur court rejects Nirmala Devi’s bail plea

Nimala Devi, who was working at the private Devanga Arts College in Aruppukottai, some 500km from Chennai, was accused of luring students into extending sexual favours to some officials of the Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) in return for higher marks and money.

District Sessions judge Singaraj dismissed her bail plea and adjourned the hearing on the petitions filed by two other accused in the case, V Murugan and Karuppasamy, to May 18.

Nirmala Devi was arrested on April 16, a day after an audio clip went viral on the social media.

It was alleged that she sought to persuade girls to consider extending sexual favours to senior officials of the University, to which the college is affiliated.

She, however, denied a sexual angle to her advice and claimed she had made it in the right spirit” and not with any hidden motive or agenda.