A professor of the Department of Tamil in Pondicherry University was arrested on Saturday on charges of sexually abusing a minor girl.
The professor M. Madialagan residing at Kurinji Nagar in Lawspet was booked under Section 4, 6, 7 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The incident came to light after the victim studying in class VIII in a government school lodged a complaint with the Childline, who in turn forwarded the complaint to the Child Welfare Committee. He was produced before a judicial magistrate and remanded to custody in the Kalapet Central Prison.