India, June 21 -- Police said on Friday that a first information report has been registered on allegations by a woman faculty member of Jamia Millia Islamia's (JMI) Centre for Distance and Online Education (CDOE) against a CDOE section officer and that he has been questioned .

The All India Students' Association (AISA), in a press statement released on Thursday, had said that an AISA representative had accompanied the faculty member to the Jamia Nagar police station, following which the FIR was registered on June 17.

DCP (southeast) Hemant Tiwari confirmed that an FIR was lodged after a complaint was received from the woman against her colleague.

Police said the accused has been booked under BNS sections 75 (sexual harassment) and 79 (...