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Rohan Premkumar, R. Sujatha

Principal of Ooty government college placed under suspension on bribery charge

The Principal of the Government Arts College in Udhagamandalam was suspended after a video of him allegedly accepting cash from a student of the college surfaced in social media on Wednesday.

According to sources in the Higher Education Department, the principal, Arul Antony, and another faculty member in the college have been placed under suspension. The suspension comes the day when a video surfaced on social media platform of the principal receiving an envelope, allegedly containing cash, from a student of the college seeking his recommendation for accommodation in the hostel run by Adi Dravidar Welfare Department.

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