Kota: An Indian professor of the Rajasthan Technical University was arrested for sexually harassing a student and failing her in his subject when rebuffed.
According to the details, a police complaint lodged by the final-year student, the professor tried to mount pressure on her through one of her classmates. The classmate was also arrested along with him, Deputy Superintendent of Indian Rajasthan state Police Amar Singh Rathore said.
After an FIR was registered based on the woman’s complaint, an audio recording of a conversation between the professor and the classmate surfaced on social media in which the professor was purportedly heard making vulgar comments about the victim, the police said.
According to the complaint, the woman lives at the university hostel and the professor, through a male classmate, offered to pass her in an exam in return for sexual favours.
When she refused, the professor failed her in the final-year exam and later, repeatedly put pressure on her to accept his offer, it said.
The student also said that the accused made similar advances towards other female students, and blackmailed and harassed them.
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