FORMER A&M PROFESSOR TO APPEAR IN COURT ON STALKING CHARGE
(Brazos Co. Jail)
A former Texas A&M professor and scientist will go before a judge Tuesday afternoon for a status hearing on charges he harassed and stalked a female student at the university.
Tarun Bhardwaj was arrested back in December. He was also charged with preventing a police officer from carrying out his duty.
Bhardwaj has said he doesn’t see anything wrong in his actions and claims he is a victim of racial discrimination.
Bhardwaj was arrested several times between January and August of 2015, while working as assistant research scientist at A&M.
He was accused of harassing a female student.
Later he was directed to wear a GPS ankle monitoring device which he allegedly removed illegally.
Since December, he has been held in the Brazos County Jail on a $700,000 dollar bond.
His status hearing is set for 1:15 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.