‘Threatened to throw her off building if she told anyone’: Teacher held in Gujarat for raping Class 6 girl in school during recess | Rajkot News


'Threatened to throw her off building if she told anyone': Teacher held in Gujarat for raping Class 6 girl in school during recess

RAJKOT: A 39-year-old assistant teacher of social studies at a govt primary school in Porbandar district has been arrested for the alleged repeated rape of a 12-year-old girl, a Class 6 student, on the school premises.
The girl’s mother lodged a complaint against the teacher at Madhavpur police station, after which he was arrested on Wednesday. He is also accused of sexually assaulting the girl in a classroom and a laboratory on two days, Jan 22 and Jan 23.
The investigation showed that the teacher took advantage of the premises being empty during recess. The teacher had joined this school on Dec 17.
On Monday, the student told a woman teacher about the sexual abuse and she revealed the ordeal to her family on Tuesday. Porbandar (rural) deputy superintendent of police, Surjeet Mahedu, told TOI: “CCTV footage from the school shows the teacher taking the girl to various places on the premises. We have also recorded statements of some witnesses who saw him taking the girl to these places. Medical examinations of the girl and the accused have been conducted.”
Mahedu said police will also investigate whether the teacher committed sexual crimes with other students. Sources said the accused taught social science to Classes 6 to 8.
On Jan 22, he allegedly took the girl to the second floor of the school building, inquired about her menstruation, and then started touching her inappropriately. He then allegedly raped her. The next day, he took her to the second floor again and repeated the crime, threatening to throw her off the building if she told anyone. The girl was frightened but mustered the courage to speak up after talking to her class teacher, the complaint states.
The accused holds MA and MEd degrees and a postgraduate diploma in computer applications. He has been teaching since 2017.
The accused has been booked for rape and other offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)





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