The Belthangady police arrested Ashok Acharya, 31, a document writer from Belinja village, on the charge of sexually harassing a 17-year-old girl.
According to a complaint by the girl, Acharya was close to her parents after he offered to resolve their land dispute.
Acharya allegedly asked the girl, a II PU student, to come to his office to study during the holidays.
When she came on July 9, 2018, Acharya allegedly tried to harass her.
He also reportedly took her in an autorickshaw on January 21, 2019, from Guruvyanakere and made another attempt to sexually harass her.