India, May 1 -- A teacher at Guru Ghasidas University in Chhattisgarh has been arrested in connection with allegations that a group of students were forced to recite namaz during a National Service Scheme (NSS) camp, police said.

Prof Dilip Jha was taken into custody on Thursday morning in connection with a first information report (FIR) registered on April 26.

The case pertains to an incident that occurred during an NSS camp held from March 26 to April 1 in Shivtarai village under the jurisdiction of the Kota police station.

Bilaspur range inspector general of police (IGP) Sanjeev Shukla said Jha, six other faculty members and a student team leader, were booked under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Chhattisgarh Freed...