A Mysuru college lecturer has been booked for allegedly sexually harassing an engineering student by promising good marks and threatening her with failure. The case adds to several recent harassment incidents involving faculty members at educational institutions across Karnataka

Mysuru: A lecturer of a reputed college was booked on charges of sexually harassing a student in Karnataka’s Mysuru district, police said on Sunday. The case has been registered at the Jayalakshmipuram police station in Mysuru city.

The police have filed an FIR under Sections 126(2) (wrongful restraint), 75(2) (sexual harassment), and 351(2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The accused lecturer has been identified as Bharat Bhargava.

In her complaint, the victim said the accused att

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