The Head of the PG Department of law of Sambalpur University Dr Minaketan Sahu (45) was on Monday arrested by the Burla police for allegedly sexual assault attempt on a PHD student of the department on Sunday. The PHD scholar had gone to the department along with other students on Sunday for preparation of a national seminar, which was supposed to begin from Monday. A student asked Dr Sahu for the key of the office room for some computer work. But Dr Sahu said he did not possess the key and asked the students to do the computer work in his chamber.
Subsequently, the victim and another girl student went inside Dr Sahu’s chamber. After some time, Sahu asked the other girl to bring some materials from the office room and gave her the key. When the girl left Dr Sahu’s chamber, he attempted sexual assault on the PHD student. The victim screamed and resisted his advances. listening to the scream, the students and the staffs, who were present in the department, rushed to the spot and the victim managed to save her.
And subsequently, the victim lodged a complaint at the Burla police station in this connection on Monday. Sambalpur district Superintendent of Police Akhilesvar Singh said, “The teacher has been arrested. He will be forwarded to court tomorrow.” The matter has also been handed over to the Sexual Harassment Cell of the university, which convened a meeting over the issue in the day.