Police arrested a government school teacher at Cholavaram, Thiruvallur district near Chennai for sexually assaulting a 12 year-old-student. The incident had occurred on Thursday but was reported to the police only on Monday. The parents of the victim said that; they noticed that their child was not behaving like her regular self when she returned from school on Thursday. On asking about the matter the girl fainted and was immediately rushed to the nearby hospital. It was during the examination it was known that she had been sexually assaulted. It was only then that the girl revealed that Srinivasan aged 40, her teacher in the Government school had called her into his room when she was on her way to lunch and had assaulted her. The parents filed a complaint immediately. The Ponneri All Women Police registered a case against the accused under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012 and arrested the accused Srinivasan.
The news of the incident spread like wild fire and in no time the school premises was filled with angry parents who laid siege demanding justice. The local Police department reached the school premises and brought the situation under control. The question of children’s safety in government run schools has become a cause for concern and parents are worried as to how many such incidents might have occurred and gone unreported by the children.
