Andhra Presh police on Sunday arrested S Ramesh, d 42, Secretary and Correspondent of Grace Nursing College for Women in Machilipatnam, for allegedly seeking sexual favours from a 22-year-old student. police said that he was arrested a day after woman filed a police complaint alleging that he has been harassing her and seeking sexual favours.

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Ramesh has been arrested under Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Nirbhaya Act) and or sections of Indian Penal Code including those related to outraging modesty of a woman, sexual harassment, criminal intimidation, ditional Superintendent of Police M. Sattibabu said. accused has also been booked under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. He was produced before a local court on Saturday which remanded him to custody.

SP Ramesh said that in July, accused h allegedly attempted to sexually assault victim in his chamber reportedly after she refused to entertain his request for sexual favours. Later, she h left college hostel.  police are investigating case. Meanwhile, Vasireddy  Pma, Chairperson of Andhra Presh Women Commission, inspected college during day and interacted with students. 

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This comes days after arrest of BJP leer Swami Chinmayanand who h earlier been accused of rape. He has been sent to  jail for 14 days by court. A 23-year-old postgruate student in his college h levied serious accusations of rape against former Union minister. She claimed that he h raped and 'physically exploited' her for over a year. According to woman, Chinmayanand h allegedly facilitated her mission in college and n filmed her while she was taking a bath. He was allegedly using film to blackmail her and raping her. In her statement, she has also said that she was often forced to give masss to leer and was brought to him by his aides at gunpoint. 

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(Inputs from PTI)