Following complaints that the owner and warden of Dharshana Ladies Hostel in Coimbatore were soliciting the hostel inmates for improper liaisons, a case was filed against them. While both of them absconded, the owner Jaganathan was found dead in a well a few days later and Punitha, the warden surrendered in court. She was taken into police custody,where she confessed to her crime of soliciting the inmates for improper liaisons with the owner.