In another Maharashtra shocker, a school teacher was arrested in Akola district on charges of molestation following complaints from six school girls.
The 42-year-old teacher Pramod Sardar was arrested for repeatedly molesting six Class 8 students while showing them porn videos.
The incident came to light after at least six schoolgirls filed a complaint about the teacher who has been identified as Pramod Manohar Sardar. Police have recorded the statements of the victim girls.
The accused had been sexually exploiting his students for four months on the zilla parishad school campus at Kazikheda hamlet in Balapur taluka, 40 km off Akola city, Times of India reported.
The accused was arrested on Tuesday evening.
Superintendent of Police Akolka Bachchan Singh told ANI, “Akola Police received a complaint of molestation of six school girls by Pramod Manohar Sardar, a teacher of the Zilla Parishad School in Kajikhed. Police immediately arrested the accused teacher and recorded the statements of the victim girls.”
“Cases under sections 74 and 75 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita and POCSO Act were registered,” SP Singh added.
Further investigation into the case is underway, he said.
The incident comes amid nationwide protests over the murder and alleged sexual assault of a female trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal City of Kolkata on August 9. The assault of a doctor has sent shockwaves across the country.
Doctors have protested in many states including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu, demanding justice and better security laws for healthcare professionals.
It also comes amid outrage sweeping the nation over the Badlapur child abuse involving two three and four-year-old children by a school staff member. The unrest, fueled by accusations of inadequate police response, led to a complete halt of Mumbai’s Central Line local train services for 10 hours. According to the complaint, the alleged assault occurred in the school’s toilet. The school administration has suspended the principal, a class teacher, and a female attendant in connection with the incident. The accused was arrested on August 17.
(With inputs from ANI)