Bhubaneswar: The police have arrested the principal of a college in Odisha 's Khurda district on charges of sexually harassing a woman lecturer of the institute.

The accused has been identified as Pradipta Das, the principal of Paramananda College at Bolgarh in Khurda.

Das had allegedly sought sexual favour from a newly-appointed lecturer of the Chemistry department . He had also sent lewd messages and made offensive videocalls to the victim, reports said.

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The victim’s father had lodged an FIR in this regard with Bolgarh police yesterday. On the basis of the complaint, the cops launched a probe into the incident and arrested the accused principal today. He was later produced in a local court,

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