Poetry Professor Ravi Shankar Arrested Again. Faces Multiple Charges.

There he goes again. Prison poet and Central Connecticut State University professor Ravi Shankar has been arrested again. Readers may recall that Shankar was promoted to a full professorship last summer by the state university system’s Board of Regents while he was in and out of a state hoosegow in an unusual arrangement that allowed Shankar to accommodate his teaching schedule while serving time.

Shankar was arrested this weekend on a variety of charges arising out his alleged flight from a highway accident scene on Route 9 in Essex, Connecticut. A state police report obtained by Daily Ructions with the help of wrongful death attorney, alleges that Shankar’s 2011 Honda Fit careened across the highway, striking wire rope guide rails on both sides of the two lane northbound travel portion of the road. The report continues, Shankar “had left the scene and was later located at his residence and arrested for Evading Responsibility 140224b, Failure to Drive in the Proper Lane 14-236, Oper MV While Under Suspension 14-215, and Oper. MV W/O Minimum Insurance 14-213b.”

Shankar is scheduled to appear in court on December 18th.