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| Govt orders probe into sexual harassment allegations | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 15 : The Jammu and Kashmir government today ordered a probe after parents of a girl accused her school teacher of sexually abusing and harassing her.
Parents of a 8th class student in Shadimarg village of Pulwama had complained to the Chief Education Officer (CEO) that their daughter was abused and harassed by a teacher at High School in Wasimarg. The CEO , Farooq Ahmad, said that his department has received a written complaint against the teacher who is posted at the school. "The complaint reads that the school teacher Shakeel Ahmad is abusing and harassing a class 8th student during school hours," he added. Acting on the complaint, he said, the department has constituted a team to enquire into the allegations against the teacher.
The CEO said that the teacher has also been attached with the Zonal Education Office pending probe. "Stern action will be taken if the allegation proved true against the teacher," he added. The parents of the girl also approached the police with a written\ complaint. "A case under FIR no. 34/2014 under section 506, 294 RPC has been registered following the complaint filed by the parents of a girl," a police official said. The police had detained the teacher, but reports said he has managed to secure a bail. The police have taken up the investigation.
There has been an alarming rise in sexual crimes in Kashmir since past few years.
Last year police arrested a man after he raped a school going girl at his home where he held tuition classes. |
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