Sex abuse: Principal teachers face action

Bhopal: Seven teachers including principal of a government school in Chhattisgarh’s Baloda Bazar district were on Friday suspended in connection with incidents of sexual exploitation of girl students. The shocking incident came to light at the meeting of teachers and parents in the government higher secondary school at Marda in the district on Thursday. “Parents of an alleged victim narrated ordeal of their daughter at the meeting. Later, parents of other girl students joined them describing how their ward too were subjected to sexual abuse by some teachers who sought sexual favours from the girls to pass them in the examinations”, investigating officer said.