College Professor arrested for sexual harassment

A 27-year-old Assistant Professor of a private engineering college has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a 17-year-old girl of the same college, police said today.

The professor asked the girl to come to his house to clear her doubts in a subject and when she reached there yesterday, he allegedly sexually harassed her, police said here.

He was arrested under various sections of IPC.

The Assistant Professor was produced before a special court and was remanded to 15 days custody in Salem central prison, police said.