Daulat Ram College student alleges sexual harassment by professor

A case of sexual harassment has been reported from Daulat Ram College (DRC) for women, University of Delhi, where a first-year student has alleged sexual harassment by a professor.

The 17-year-old girl in her complaint has alleged that she has been sexually harassed by one of the professors who has been booked, police said on Sunday.

The victim is a resident of Haryana, said a senior official.

In her complaint she has alleged that the professor would try to touch her inappropriately whenever he found her alone and would follow her and used to call her to meet him alone, the police said.

When she objected to his behaviour he threatened to fail her in internal exams, they said.

An FIR was registered on January 31 and further probe is underway, the police said.

(With PTI inputs)