Sangrur, Aug. 30 -- Police have arrested a teacher of a private school in Sangrur's Dirba for sexually harassing a 13-year-old female student and threatening to kill her.

The matter came to fore after the girl's mother approached the police with a complaint.

The mother narrated that her daughter, a student of Class 7, was refusing to go to school. When coaxed, she revealed that her teacher had been sexually harassing her, pursuing her for friendship over phone and even touching her inappropriately.

The woman further alleged that the teacher also threatened her daughter with death.

Acting on the complaint, police booked the teacher under Sections 74 (outraging modesty), 75 (2) (sexual harassment), 78 (stalking), 79 (insulting modesty) ...