Thiruvananthapuram: C S Pradeep, principal-in-charge of GV Raja Sports School here, was suspended over a sexual harassment allegation on Saturday.

General Education Minister V Sivankutty issued the order based on the complaint filed by a woman employee of the institution.

The woman had registered a case with the Aruvikkara Police Station on November 1.

In her complaint, the woman, a native of Delhi, said that Pradeep sent inappropriate texts and resorted to emotional torture for refusing to oblige to his overtures.

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Pradeep had been transferred from the school in the past after a food poisoning incident. He was later reinstated as principal.

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