Rohtak, Feb. 5 -- A government school principal was arrested on Wednesday from Haryana's Rohtak for allegedly sexually harassing a Class 12 student. The case is the fifth such incident reported in the schools in the state since July last year.

Police arrested the accused on Tuesday evening from Kalanaur in the Rohtak district. He was produced in court on Wednesday and sent to judicial custody for 14 days.

The information came to light on Tuesday evening after the 19-year-old student approached police to register a complaint.

The principal has been booked under sections 74 (assault or use of criminal force against women with intent to outrage modesty) and 351(2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), said Kalanaur...