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CSIR scientist held for sexual harassment
A principal scientist of a government science research institute here has been arrested on charges of sexually harassing four PhD scholars, the police said on Sunday. Imtiyaz Ahmed Parvez, principal scientist of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute, was arrested on Friday under section 354A (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Deputy Commis
Bengaluru : A principal scientist of a government science research institute here has been arrested on charges of sexually harassing four PhD scholars, the police said on Sunday. Imtiyaz Ahmed Parvez, principal scientist of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute, was arrested on Friday under section 354A (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Deputy Commissioner of Police Abdul Ahad said.
"He was arrested and released on bail the same day," he said. "The victims were sexually harassed by Parvez for the past one year," he alleged.The PhD scholars lodged a complaint of sexual harassment against the principal scientist. The institute formed an internal inquiry panel and conducted two probes, which failed to establish Parvez's guilt and gave a clean chit to him, Ahad said.
