Search on for headmaster booked under POCSO Act
CHENNAI, DECEMBER 24, 2018 00:00 IST
He misbehaved with girls; officials find letter signed by ‘all students’ in suggestion box
The Tiruvallur police are on the lookout for a government school headmaster after filing a case against him under the POCSO Act for sexually abusing girl students inside the school a few weeks ago.
The school is located in a village in the Uthukottai police station limits and has over 300 students, both boys and girls, studying in standards VI to X. Bhaskar was the headmaster of the school.
A few days ago, one of the students approached her teacher and complained that the headmaster was misbehaving with her. She was asked to report the same to her mother.
“The girl told her mother that she wanted to drop out of the school due to the headmaster’s behaviour,” said an official from the Social Defence Department.
A complaint about a similar incident in the school was received by the Child Helpline 1098. “The district child protection unit officials went to the school and checked the suggestion box in the school. They found a complaint letter signed - all students,” the official said.
With the help of the letter, the officials knew that the headmaster had misbehaved with the girls while they arranged the record books in the almirah. “There is no separate room for the headmaster. A few cupboards serve as a partition between the classroom and the headmaster’s cabin,” he said.
A complaint was filed with the police on Saturday. “This incident happened a few weeks ago, but the girls did not reveal it immediately out of fear. We registered an FIR and a search is on for the head master who is absconding,” said a senior police officer.
Headmaster suspended
Meanwhile, the School Education Department has suspended the headmaster.
An official with the department said that after they received a complaint from the district child protection unit, the education department officials conducted an inquiry and suspended the headmaster on Friday.
“He has been working in the school for the past two years. He came to the school on a promotion. This is the first such allegation against him,” the official said.
This incident happened a few weeks ago, but the girls did not reveal it immediately out of fear. We have registered a First Information Report
Senior Police official
CHENNAI, DECEMBER 24, 2018 00:00 IST
He misbehaved with girls; officials find letter signed by ‘all students’ in suggestion box
The Tiruvallur police are on the lookout for a government school headmaster after filing a case against him under the POCSO Act for sexually abusing girl students inside the school a few weeks ago.
The school is located in a village in the Uthukottai police station limits and has over 300 students, both boys and girls, studying in standards VI to X. Bhaskar was the headmaster of the school.
A few days ago, one of the students approached her teacher and complained that the headmaster was misbehaving with her. She was asked to report the same to her mother.
“The girl told her mother that she wanted to drop out of the school due to the headmaster’s behaviour,” said an official from the Social Defence Department.
A complaint about a similar incident in the school was received by the Child Helpline 1098. “The district child protection unit officials went to the school and checked the suggestion box in the school. They found a complaint letter signed - all students,” the official said.
With the help of the letter, the officials knew that the headmaster had misbehaved with the girls while they arranged the record books in the almirah. “There is no separate room for the headmaster. A few cupboards serve as a partition between the classroom and the headmaster’s cabin,” he said.
A complaint was filed with the police on Saturday. “This incident happened a few weeks ago, but the girls did not reveal it immediately out of fear. We registered an FIR and a search is on for the head master who is absconding,” said a senior police officer.
Headmaster suspended
Meanwhile, the School Education Department has suspended the headmaster.
An official with the department said that after they received a complaint from the district child protection unit, the education department officials conducted an inquiry and suspended the headmaster on Friday.
“He has been working in the school for the past two years. He came to the school on a promotion. This is the first such allegation against him,” the official said.
This incident happened a few weeks ago, but the girls did not reveal it immediately out of fear. We have registered a First Information Report
Senior Police official
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