Feb 19, 2025 06:51 PM IST
The principal of the school filed a complaint with the All Women Police Station in central Coimbatore after several girls reported the teacher’s inappropriate behaviour
Chennai: A 57-year-old art teacher from a Coimbatore school was arrested on Wednesday on charges of sexually assaulting female students, police said.
The principal of the school filed a complaint with the All Women Police Station in central Coimbatore after several girls reported the teacher’s inappropriate behaviour during classes and on other occasions.
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Around 10 students from the school also lodged formal complaints with the police on Wednesday.
Following the complaint from the school’s principal, the accused teacher, a resident of Vadavalli, was taken into custody, said police commissioner A. Saravana Sundar.
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Sundar said the students alleged that the teacher had been misbehaving with them for over four months.
The teacher was arrested under Sections 9 (aggravated sexual assault) and 10 (punishment for aggravated sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
“A thorough investigation would be conducted to determine whether the teacher misbehaved with other students,” said Sundar.
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