Mandya: Government school headmaster in Maddur arrested for sexual harassment of girl students
Mandya: The head teacher of a government school in Nidaghatta village of Maddur taluk of the district has been arrested by the Maddur Police under charge of sexually harassing girl students of the school, based on a complaint filed by the girls' parents, with the support of Dalit organizations.
The arrested head teacher has been identified as Shivarama, the headmaster of the Government Higher Primary School of Nidaghatta village in Maddur taluk. The matter of his misbehavior with the girl students came to light when the girls allegedly told their parents that the headmaster had been sexually harassing and also behaving indecently with them. The parents, who approached Dalit organizations for help and support, filed a complaint with the Maddur Police.
The officers of the Education Department paid a visit to the school, where they met the girls and gathered information about their ill-treatment by the headmaster. They are learned to have submitted a report on the case of sexual harassment to the senior officers of the Department.
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Minor boy strangled to death for ransom in UP's Sultanpur
Sultanpur (PTI): A debt-ridden neighbour allegedly kidnapped and murdered an 11-year-old boy boy at Sultanpur, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, Asif alias Sonu, demanded a ransom of Rs 5,00,000 for releasing Osama alias Sahil to repay his debts, Kotwali police station SHO Naradmuni Singh said.
"The incident took place in the Gandhinagar locality of Sultanpur. The victim's father, Mohd Shakeel, said his son went missing on Monday night after he left to attend a wedding procession. Despite searches, there was no trace of the child," the SHO said.
On Wednesday morning, Osama's body with strangulation marks was found at the residence of the accused whom the police arrested, he said.
Asif, who lives in the same neighbourhood as the victim, exploited the trust built between the two families to carry out the crime, the officer said.
The killing of the minor boy has triggered outrage in the area with the residents demanding stringent punishment for the accused.
The victim's family has called for death penalty for Asif.
