A professor sentenced to 3 years rigorous imprisonment for sexually harassing MBBS trainees in Rajiv Gandhi Medical College in Kalwa in Thane. In 2014, when these incidents took place, Dr Saileshwar Natarajan (63) was head of the facility’s surgery department. A case was registered against him at Kalwa police station after several female students wrote to the police commissioner claiming Natarajan was touching them inappropriately on the pretext of demonstrating diagnostic procedures. Students had also held protests at the college during that time.
Calcutta High Court Today (Aug 21) emphasized the significance of the Supreme Court’s involvement in the matter, noting, “The Supreme Court in its order has covered all the issues raised here.” The Court further elaborated, “The Supreme Court has issued two orders, with the second one addressing all the matters currently before us.”
