School Teacher Arrested For Sexually Harassing Female Students In Chennai

Police said he would touch them inappropriately and send obscene texts!

On Wednesday, A 45-year-old government school teacher in Tamil Nadu’s Chennai was arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for sexually harassing girl students in his school.

The man is a chemistry teacher working at a government school in Chennai. According to the police, he gained access to the contact details of the students after conducting online classes during the lockdown.

After that he started sending objectionable messages to his female students. a few students complained to their parents, who then registered a complaint at the all-women police station in Mogappair. Accused was later arrested under the POCSO act.

He had sent obscene messages to students, touched them inappropriately and had sexually harassed children, police said.

The police added that this has been happening since March.

On Wednesday, India has recorded an average of 80 murders and 77 rape cases daily in 2020, National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) report revealed.

80 murders daily in 2020, India reported a total of 29,193 fatalities in 2020 with Uttar Pradesh topping the chart among states.

The data showed a marginal increase of 1 per cent over a total of 28,915 murders in 2019, with a daily average of 79 killings during the year.

Among states, UP reported the maximum of 3,779 murder cases in 2020 followed by Bihar with 3,150 cases, in Maharashtra 2,163 cases were registered, 2,101 cases in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal lodged 1,948 murder cases, the data showed.

Additionally, Delhi logged 472 murder cases in 2020, according to the data for the year.

77 rape cases were reported across India on an average every day in 2020, totalling 28,046 such incidents during the year.

Overall, 3,71,503 cases of crime against women were reported across the country last year, showing a decline of 8.3 per cent as 4,05,326 cases were registered in 2019, the NCRB stated.