Lucknow, May 17 -- An assistant professor of Lucknow University, who was detained on Friday night over his objectionable phone conversation with a female student and purportedly offering to leak question papers, had allegedly been in contact with the female student for nearly a year, police officials familiar with the matter said. He was accused of repeatedly bothering her on different occasions. The accused, Paramjeet Singh, admitted during questioning on Saturday that he had known the student for over a year, police officials familiar with the matter said. He was produced before a court on Saturday and sent to jail after being formally arrested by Lucknow Police under the Hasanganj police station limits. The matter is being investigated by assistant commissioner of police (Mahanagar) Ankit Kumar, who said the assistant professor admitted during interrogation that the viral audio clips were genuine and confirmed making the calls on May 12 after 8 pm. "He also admitted that he had been in touch with the young woman for close to a year. His statement was recorded and an FIR was lodged, following which he was formally arrested," the assistant commissioner of police said. According to a media statement issued by Hasanganj police, the controversy surfaced after the university administration received audio recordings allegedly featuring obscene conversations between the professor and the student, along with claims of offering undue academic favours and leaking examination question papers. The complaint was formally submitted on May 15 by the university's examination controller at Mahanagar police station. The accused was identified as Paramjeet Singh, son of Amar Pal Singh, a resident of Ratanpur Khurd in Bijnor district. Taking a serious note of the allegations, the university constituted an internal inquiry committee before police registered a case under relevant sections at Hasanganj police station. "An FIR has been registered under Section 74 of the BNS along with Sections 11 and 13(5) of the Uttar Pradesh Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Ordinance 2024," said Hasanganj police station in-charge Chitwan Kumar Paramjit Singh received his MSc from Rohilkhand University in Bareilly in 2007. He served as a research associate at IITR, Lucknow from 2019 to July 2021. He worked at IMTECH, Chandigarh from 2021 to March 2022. He has been posted as an assistant professor at Lucknow University since June 7, 2022. His father, Amar Pal, is a farmer....