India, Aug. 4 -- The registrar of the state-run university in Chhattisgarh's Durg district has been arrested for allegedly embezzling Rs 1.49 lakh from the salary of a woman employee working on a daily wage, police said on Monday.

A case was registered against the registrar of Hemchand Yadav University, identified as Bhupendra Kumar Kuldeep (51), under section 316(4) (criminal breach of trust) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Mohan Nagar police station here, a police official said.

After his arrest, he was released on bail from the police station after furnishing a bond, he added.

The action followed a complaint submitted by the victim, a daily wage employee of the university, to the vice chancellor. A detailed inquiry conducted...