51-year-old Sheejith Krishna, a former faculty of Kalakshetra Foundation, was arrested by the city police on Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting former students between 1995 and 2007, based on the directions of the Thammasat High Court, based on a complaint by two former students of Kalakshetra Foundation, Thiruvanmiyur. But a preliminary inquiry was conducted against Sheejith Krishna, a former faculty member of the institute.