Goa, Aug. 9 -- A public health manager at an urban primary health centre in Odisha's Cuttack district has been arrested on charges of sexually harassing a woman doctor and a pharmacist over several months, police said.

The two women, employed at the Bamphakuda Urban Primary Health Centre, lodged a complaint against public health manager Nishitha Ranjan Sahoo at the Cuttack Sadar police station. Inspector-in-charge Om Prakash Mohanty said Sahoo allegedly passed lewd remarks, harassed the women, and threatened to use his influence with senior health officials to have them transferred if they resisted.

"Following the complaint, we launched an investigation and, based on prima facie evidence, arrested Sahoo under relevant sections of the Bh...