‘He is a demon’: 23 schoolchildren accuse Rajasthan govt school teacher of sexual harassment
The teacher had allegedly been exploiting students for two years by threatening them that he would fail them in exams if they told their parents anything, officials said. A purported video of the teacher recently went viral.
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Rajasthan Education Minister Madan Dilawar, after watching the video, said, “It seems he is not a teacher but a demon.” (Photo: X/@madandilawar)A 59-year-old government school teacher has been arrested in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh district for allegedly making obscene videos and sexually harassing minor students. According to police, 23 students have come forward alleging harassment by the teacher. He has been suspended.
The teacher had allegedly been exploiting students for two years by threatening them that he would fail them in exams if they told their parents anything, officials said. A purported video of the teacher recently went viral.
Rajasthan Education Minister Madan Dilawar, after watching the video, said, “It seems he is not a teacher but a demon.” The minister said that the government would take strict action against the teacher who has “misused his position and sexually harassed innocent school children”.
A police officer familiar with the case said, “A student requested his parents to not send him to school and insisted on changing his school. When the family members took the child into confidence and asked him the reason, he told them what was happening in the school. Shocked family members then informed village residents about the teacher’s misdeeds.”
Following this, village residents reached the school on Friday morning and staged a protest. They later even tried to lock the school. Government officials and police officers subsequently reached the spot and controlled the situation.
Police told The Indian Express that 23 students came forward alleging harassment by the teacher. “The age group of students range between six and 16 years. The teacher harassed both male and female students. He has been arrested and we have charged him under sections of POCSO Act, SC/ST Act, BNS, IT Act and JJ Act so that he gets rigorous punishment,” police said.
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