LUCKNOW, May 16 -- The Lucknow University administration initiated an inquiry and the police took an assistant professor into custody on Friday after three unverified audio clips, purportedly featuring a conversation between a woman student and the faculty member, went viral on social media platforms.

The clip of "an indecent conversation" between the teacher and student also allegedly contained an offer to leak question papers.

According to a post by Lucknow Police on X, the accused faculty member has been taken into police custody and is being questioned. Based on the complaint submitted by the Controller of Examinations, Lucknow University, an FIR was registered at Hasanganj police station. Further legal proceedings are underway, the...