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A 22-year-old Dalit student of the National Sanskrit University in Tirupati has accused two assistant professors of sexual harassment and threats of leaking private visuals.

The woman, who is an Odisha native studying at the central university, has alleged that Laxman Kumar, an assistant professor in the Department of Education, had intimate visuals of her which he used to blackmail and sexually harass her. Her complaint also alleges that another assistant professor in the same department, Shekar Reddy, also accessed the visuals of the student with Laxman Kumar and used them to sexually harass her by demanding sexual favours.

Tirupati Superintendent of Police (SP) L Subbarayudu told TNM that the student approached the university

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