Gurugram: A private school teacher was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly harassing a Class 7 girl. Police gave this information.

According to the complaint, teacher Sanju Verma first forced the girl to accept the request to follow her on Instagram and then started sending her obscene messages on the app.

The girl's father, who filed the complaint, said that his daughter had followed Worm on Instagram through her mother's account.

"Soon after this, Verma started sending messages to my daughter and used obscene language. When my daughter told me about it, I contacted the police," the father said in his complaint.

Following the complaint, an FIR was registered against Verma under Section 12 of the POCSO Act at the Mahila Police Station in Sector 51 on Monday. He was arrested on Tuesday morning.

DCP (crime against women) Virendra Vij said Verma has joined the investigation and is being interrogated.