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AProf at a medical college on the outskirts of Bengaluru has been set-aside(p) on charges of sexual torment after he proposed to a female person pupil in a classroom, police said on Thursday.The incident at the college in Nelamangala taluk on March 23 came to light after videos of the proposal surfaced online. HT could not independently verify the veracity of the video.In the video, the faculty member purportedly addressed students using a microphone and claimed that a student had earlier expressed romantic feelings for him. The student denied the claim, confronting him in front of the class. In the purported video, the student repeatedly asked for proof and maintained that no such exchange had occurred.While the confrontation in the lecture hall eventually subsided, the situation escalated shortly after the professor stepped outside. The student, accompanied by several classmates, allegedly confronted him again, and he was assaulted. Videos purportedly showed people striking him with slippers while others shouted.Based on a complaint filed by the college principal on Thursday, a case has been registered at the Nelamangala Rural Police Station against the accused under Sections 74 (assault or criminal force against a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 75(1) (sexual harassment), and 329(3) (criminal trespass) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, a senior police officer said.According to the FIR, the complainant stated that the accused, an assistant professor, had been behaving inappropriately on the college premises and sexually harassing students. Students had earlier submitted complaints seeking protection, it stated.The complaint further alleged that despite being barred from entering the campus, the accused trespassed into the premises on March 23, misbehaved with the student, and harassed others as well, police said.(With PTI inputs)

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