Sexual abuse case: Cops fail to arrest accused teacher

POLICE HAVE RECORDED THE TWO VICTIMS’ STATEMENTS BEFORE A JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE

KARNAL:More than 24 hours after a 35-year-old Sanskrit teacher of a government school in Indriw as booked for allegedly sodomising two Class 9 students during at our to Karnal, police have failed to arrest the accused.

The police have recorded the victims’ statements before a judicial magistrate and the boys revealed the incident. “We have recorded their statements. The investigation is going on and the accused will be arrested,” Indri police station in-charge Rajiv Kumar said.

The accused, identified as Shishan Pal, allegedly assaulted the boys, who were among a group of eight students touring Karna lt op ar ti ci pate in a cultural programme on September 27 and 28. Pal was on Thursday booked under the Protectionof Children From Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act after the district child welfare committee registered a police complaint.

RICKSHAWPULLER BOOKED FOR MOLESTING FOUR-YEAR-OLD

A 55-year-old rickshaw puller was arrested for allegedly molesting a four-year-old girl, while tak- ing her to school in Madlauda town of Panipat district.

The incident took place on Thursday and the victim revealed the incident to her mother, when she noticed tooth marks on the four-year-old’s cheeks. The family members waited for the rickshaw puller and handed him over to the police when he came to take her to the school on Friday morning.

The victim, aL KG student at a private school, told that the accused took her behind a tree and bit on her cheek and she started crying and he left her at her house, the police said.

Talking to Hindustan Times, Madlauda police station in-charge Narender Singh said based on the complaint of the girl’ s family the accused has been booked under Prevention of Children from Sexual Of fences (PO C SO) Act. The child has been sent for medical examination. The police said the accused was hired by school for pick-and-drop facility for the students.