Shimla, Sep 2 (PTI) A professor of a government college in Shimla has been booked for allegedly assaulting a 20-year-old girl student with the intent to outrage her modesty, sexual harassment and criminal intimidation, police said on Monday.

According to police, the victim has registered a complaint in the Women Police Station, Shimla in which she alleged that the professor had been sexually harassing her for a very long time and had been also threatening to kill her in case she disclosed this incident.

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The victim approached the police and requested for appropriate action against the accused.

The police has registered a case under sections of 354, 354-A and 506 of the IPC which are equivalent to sections 74 (assault or criminal force on a woman with the intent to outrage her modesty), 75 (sexual harassment) and 351 (criminal intimidation) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

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Further investigation has been initiated into the incident.

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