Sopore: A professor at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Wadura has been accused of sexually harassing a girl student and arrested on Friday, officials said.
Following the allegations, students inside the campus held a protest demonstration against the sexual harassment and demanded action against the accused professor.
An official said that the professor has been arrested, while further investigations into the case was going on.
He said the alleged accused was arrested after family of the girl student lodged a complaint against him.
A girl student had complained against a RAWE programme coordinator of molesting her, following which an enquiry was initiated against the coordinator.
It is pertinent to mention that this was the second such incident, earlier this week, another woman student in Sopore's Degree college accused a college professor of sexually harassing her after which a panel to probe the allegation was constituted. The inquiry is still pending in the case.
(KNO)