B’LURU TEACHER ASSAULTS 15 GIRL STUDENTS, HELD

BENGALURU: A 54-year-old teacher of a government school in Bengaluru has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting at least 15 students for nearly three months.

The accused used to teach physical education at the government school in the city. The purported incident came to light recently after the students of Classes 8 and 9 informed their parents about the teacher’s behaviour, inspector Dilip Kumar KH said. The parents approached the headmaster who subsequently launched a probe into the matter, he added.

The students accused the teacher of inappropriately touching them and also kissing some of them during the physical education classes and lunch breaks, the officer said.

After an internal inquiry found the allegations against the teacher were prima facie true, the headmaster approached the police and filed a complaint.

“The physical education teacher sexually assaulted the students over a period of two to three months,” he said.