Headmistress, husband held for sexual harassment of girl
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Coimbatore: 22.10.2020
Police on Wednesday arrested the headmistress of a government middle school in Pollachi and her husband after registering a case in connection with the sexual harassment of a minor girl on the school premises.
The accused were identified as Ayyammal, 55 and her husband, Thangavelu, 56, a retiredemployeeof theTamilNadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC). “The survivor, a 10-year-old student, has been refusing to attend online classes and demanding her parents to admit her to a new school. When her parents visited the schoolto getthetransfer certificate, Ayyammal advised them to let their daughter continue her education. When her parents asked her the reason for her reluctance to attend classes, the girl told them that she was subjected to sexual harassment,” a police officer said.
“Till the lockdown was imposed, Thangavelu used to pick up and drop Ayyammal at the school. In March, Thangavelu took the girl to an isolated place on the school premises and sexually harassedher.He alsothreatened her and forbade her to disclose the matter to anyone. When the girl told her about the incident, Ayyammal also warned her not to discuss the matter,” the officer said.
Based on the complaint of the girl’s parents, the Pollachi All Women Police Station (AWPS) arrested the accused. Ayyammal was booked under the Pocso Act. They were remanded in judicial custody.
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