Medical college professor suspended on alleged sexual assault charge
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The Odisha government suspended a professor of the SCB Medical College after he was arrested on the alleged charge of sexual harassment and assault of a girl student belonging to the Scheduled Caste.
“Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has approved a proposal recommending suspension of Prof. Laxmidhar Das, head of the Anaesthesia Department,” an official at the Chief Minister’s Office said.
Prof. Das was arrested under sections 354 (A) (sexual harassment) and 354 D (stalking) besides the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Inspector A.K. Swain of the Mangalabag police station in Cuttack said.
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