Hazaribag Apr 18 (PTI) A headmaster of a government school in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag district was booked for allegedly sexually harassing girl students, officials said on Saturday.
The accused headmaster has been suspended, and an FIR has been lodged against him based on the statement of the mother of a 13-year-old girl at Charhi police station on April 15, they said.
“The headmaster has been suspended from his post after the matter surfaced. He had been harassing the girls for quite a few months. They were scared and refused to attend school because of his behaviour,” said Akash Lal, the District Superintendent of Education (DSE) of Hazaribag.
“However, three girls showed exemplary courage, dialled Childline 1098 and disclosed everything,” the DSE said.
On the basis of this information, the Childline authorities, along with some volunteers, rushed to the school and met the girls there, where they narrated their woes. They even told the team that the headmaster had threatened them that if they disclosed anything about him, he would harm them, Lal added.
The accused has been booked under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the POCSO Act, said Kundan Kant Vimal, the officer in charge of the Charhi police station.
The headmaster is on the run, and police are making efforts to nab him, the OC said. PTI COR RPS RPS RG
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