Police have arrested hostel warden of an engineering institute here for allegedly sodomizing a student, an official said Thursday.
Based on a complaint filed by the victim, an FIR was registered against Avinash Rai, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Dharmendra Chauhan.
According to the complaint, Rai called the victim, a native of Allahabad, in his room on Wednesday and sexually assaulted him.
When the victim tried to stop him, the accused threatened to expel him from the hostel, Chauhan said.
Meanwhile, scores of students protested in the campus demanding immediate arrest of the warden.
They alleged that the warden had sexually assaulted many students in the past, the DSP said.