Sukhpreet Kaur, an assistant professor of Hindi, had gone missing on Monday and the matter was reported to police last evening after her father received a ransom call from the kidnappers, a police officer said.
Her father told police that a man had called him from Kaur's mobile phone last evening and demanded Rs 3 lakh for her release, the officer said.
Police said that Kaur, a resident of Baghapurana town of Moga district, had left the university on Monday for her hometown, but she did not reach her destination.
Kaur was appointed at the university on ad-hoc basis.
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