*AGRA – *A senior Indian scientist was arrested in Agra for sexuallyabusing two girls, police said on Wednesday.

Taj Ganj police Station House Officer (SHO) Shailendra Kumar said a fellowscientist had filed a written complaint against the accused Vishnu DuttSharma, 62, saying that he lured a girl to his house and tried to sexuallyabuse her.

The victim told her mother about what had happened to her. The police wasimmediately contacted, the complaint said.

Another neighbour confirmed that his daughter too had been a victim.

Several others told the police that the scientist used to call girls luringthem with chocolates.

Vishnu Dutt Sharma, who works for the Jalma Institute, is slated to retirein September.