2 HISAR GOVT TEACHERS HELD FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT

HISAR : Two teachers of a government school here were arrested on Tuesday, while another one is absconding, for sexually harassing girl students. More than 20 girl students from Classes 5 to 10 complained to child protection and prohibition officer Sunita Yadav about the inappropriate behaviour of the teachers when she came to sensitise them on ‘good and bad touch’.

Yadav then lodged a police complaint and a case under Sections 10 and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Section 75, 82 of the Juvenile Justice Act was registered against a lab attendant, a sports teacher and a computer teacher.

Police spokersperson Vikas Lochab said, “We have arrested two of them while the third one is absconding.”

In her complaint, Yadav said the students told her that the teachers ask them to come early in the morning before the school opens and go late, threatening to fail them in the examination if they didn’t comply. “The school campus has a huge area and only 1/4th of it is under CCTV camera coverage,” Yadav said in her complaint.

District education officer (DEO) Neeta Aggarwal said, “We came to know about the matter when a woman teacher, who joined two months ago, complained that all is not well in the school. We had informed about the matter to higher authorities and the police. When the child protection and prohibition officer visited the school, she came to know about the matter. I have also asked police to take strict action against the accused and a departmental inquiry has been initiated.”