TEACHER RAPES STUDENT, FORCES HER TO ABORT: COPS

JASHPUR: A government school teacher in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur district allegedly raped a 13-year-old student following which she became pregnant, a police official said on Sunday.

The accused, Rashid Anwar Khan, also allegedly forced the girl to undergo abortion at a private hospital with the help his associate, he said. Khan, who worked at a government school located at a village in the district, is absconding while his associate Sukhlal was arrested on Friday, the official said.

The teacher and four other staff members, including the headmaster, have been suspended while action has also been taken against three education department officials for alleged negligence of duty.

As per the preliminary investigation, the Class 7 student was raped in the school premises two months ago. The accused also threatened the girl with dire consequences if she informed anyone about it, the police official said.

The girl complained of health issues so her parents took her to a hospital where doctors found that she was pregnant. When the accused came to know about the girl’s pregnancy, he allegedly took her to a hospital on February 22 and forced her to undergo abortion with Sukhlal’s help.

The girl’s parents approached the police on Friday and a case was registered against the accused under IPC Sections 376 (rape), 506 (criminal intimidation), 313 (causing miscarriage without woman’s consent), 120-B (criminal conspiracy), and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

One of the goods trains, laden with coal, was on its way to NTPC in Rihand Nagar of UP, while the other was returning after unloading coal...only one train is allowed to pass at a time. About 14 wagons of the train with empty wagons had crossed the point when the goods train laden with coal rammed into it.

ARUN KUMAR PANDEY, Inspector at Waidhan police station