Coimbatore, March 15 -- A suspended senior police officer has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody in a sexual harassment case.

The accused, Senthil Kumar, who served as Commandant with the rank of Superintendent of Police in the Tamil Nadu Police 4th Battalion unit in Kovaipudur in Coimbatore, was arrested on Saturday.

According to police sources, Kumar allegedly harassed women employees and women police personnel working in the battalion and made sexually inappropriate remarks toward them.

Complaints regarding his behaviour had earlier been submitted to senior police officials. Following the complaints, a departmental inquiry was initiated, and Kumar was suspended from service last month.

The affected women later filed a c...