The school was started with the vision of providing children with an Indianised version of education, one that would promote knowledge of Sanskrit shlokas, music, dance and reflect the Indian tradition.

Police arrested five people, including three swim coaches, in connection with the death of M. Ranjan of class 4, the child of movie producer R N R Manohar.

On receiving a complaint filed by Ranjan's father, the police arrested the swim coaches for causing death by negligence, following a preliminary post-mortem report that revealed the boy had drowned.

Police said the witnesses gave contradictory accounts about what happened during the swim session and the investigating officer said that the student was alive when he was pulled out of the water, but was not properly resuscitated.

"[9] The Madras High Court called for details of the fees earned by the school for swimming and other extra-curricular activities the next day after the student's death.

The school made the move after over a 1,000 alumni coerced, such as actress Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli and the CEO of AGS Cinemas Archana Kalpathi, demanding a full inquiry into the allegations.

The allegations started to pile up when a former student of PSBB, sharing an instance of sexual harassment one of her friends experienced at the school from the teacher, via Instagram.

Several politicians of Tamil Nadu also joined the demand for justice, including the DMK's MPs Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, Dayanidhi Maran and Thamizhachi Thangapandian, Congress MP Jothimani and PMK chief Ramadoss.

Maran also wrote to the Union Minister for Education, Ramesh Pokhriyal, seeking appropriate investigation into the matter and to probe lapses in the mechanism that is there to address similar issues.

Speaking to the reporters, Tamil Nadu School Education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said the department would take action against the teacher if he was found guilty.