URBANA – U. of I. police early Thursday morning arrested a U. of I. doctoral student after two Sunday reports of sexual violence prompted a campuswide safety notice.

Prakhar Ojha, 25, of Urbana, was arrested for sexual assault and sexual abuse at 12:26 a.m. Thursday after speaking with detectives at the U. of I. Public Safety Building, 1110 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana.

Ojha was named as the offender in one instance of sexual assault on Aug. 25 and another instance of sexual abuse on Sept. 16 at a university residence hall. Each incident involved a different victim.

The crimes were reported to police on Monday. They were first reported to campus representatives on Sunday, prompting a Campus Safety Notice sent to all students, faculty and staff.

Resources have been provided to the survivors of these sexual violence incidents. To learn more about sexual misconduct response, prevention, reporting options and resources, please visit http://wecare.illinois.edu.

Campus Safety Notices are issued under the federal Clery Act, and they are sent to heighten awareness of campus safety issues, to enable community members to take actions which can help increase their safety, and to aid in the prevention of similar crimes. Certain details, like exact locations and times, are not included in alerts about sexual violence so as to avoid releasing identifying information about survivors.

The crimes were first reported to Clery-defined campus security authorities on Sunday. Campus security authorities are not the police and reports do not immediately trigger a criminal investigation. Investigations begin only after crimes are reported to police and survivors indicate that they would like to proceed.

Ojha remained in custody at the Champaign County Jail on Thursday and is awaiting arraignment.