SRINAGAR: A school teacher was arrested of alleged sexual assault on a girl student in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday.
Demanding stern action against the accused, the father of the girl, a 7th-class student said that when her daughter came back home from school she fell unconscious and was hospitalized.
He said that the doctor told them to see if everything is fine with their daughter. “When we enquired from her she disclosed that she was harassed by a teacher at school and started crying,” he said.
Office of the Chief Education Officer Budgam issued an order in this regard which reads, “Pending inquiry into his conduct and in the backdrop of serious allegations, Abdul Rasheed Mir, RReT Teacher High School Rawalpora, Hardpanzo Zone is placed under suspension with immediate effect and is attached to this office till further orders.’
Meanwhile, a police official said that the teacher has been arrested and a case FIR no. 75/2023 under section 354 has been registered and further investigation has been started. (KNO)
