KANYAKUMARI: A functionary of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) was arrested on Thursday for allegedly sexually harassing a college student after offering her a lift home in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari district, police said.Christopher, a member of the party’s central district executive committee, had been absconding since a case was registered against him. He hails from Marundhukottai near Thuckalay.The complainant, a second-year college student from Kulasekaram, studies at a private college in Nagercoil. She regularly travelled with another student from Moolachal, who is also a TVK member, police sources said.On the day of the incident, the two students were waiting for a bus after college when it began raining. Christopher, who knew the other student, stopped his car and offered to drop them home, saying he was travelling in the same direction.After dropping the other student at Moolachal, Christopher continued towards Kulasekaram with the complainant, assuring her that he would drop her near her home, police said.The student alleged that Christopher stopped the vehicle along the way and sexually harassed her. She confronted him and tried to get out of the car to escape, according to police sources. He later dropped her near her residence and fled.The student informed her parents after reaching home and subsequently told her college friend about the incident. The two then approached Thuckalay police station and lodged a complaint.Further investigation is under way.
