Teacher Arrested In Coimbatore For Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Teen, Abetting Suicide
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The police also said four months ago, the girl had approached the principal and narrated the incident but the principal took the incident lightly and asked her to move on.
A private school teacher in Coimbatore was arrested on Friday by the All Women Police Station (AWPS) under relevant sections of the POCSO Act and the Indian Penal Code for allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl and abetting her suicide.
According to police, the Class 12 girl died by suicide on Thursday evening when her parents were not at home.
The police said, the school teacher, identified as Mithun Chakravarthy, reportedly sexually assaulted her repeatedly inside the school six months ago and also warned of dire consequences if she revealed it to anybody. As the schools were closed owing to the pandemic, the teacher used to call the girl to the school pretending to help him in filing school copies from the record room and allegedly assaulted her.
The police also said four months ago, the girl had approached the principal and narrated the incident but the principal took the incident lightly and asked her to move on.
