Malappuram, Nov 26 (PTI) A lower primary school teacher, an accused in two sexual harassment cases, has been arrested on charges of molesting his student, police said.

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"We received a complaint the day before yesterday and Basheer was taken into custody and arrested yesterday. He has been remanded to judicial custody," police told PTI on Friday.

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Police said the accused joined the school recently after coming out on bail in a similar case in 2018.

He was earlier arrested in a sexual harrament case in 2012, but was acquitted.

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