Dhaka, Oct. 22 -- Police have arrested a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) amid overnight protests on campus.

Sreeshant Roy, a student of BUET's Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, was arrested on Wednesday in a case filed under the Cyber Security Act at Chawkbazar Police Station.

BUET students began protests late on Tuesday night, accusing Sreeshant of sexually harassing a fellow student, hurting religious sentiments, and engaging in cyberbullying, and demanded his punishment.

In the morning, a university security officer filed a case at Chawkbazar Police Station, and police subsequently showed Sreeshant as arrested in connection with that case.

"A BUET security officer filed a cas...