Odisha: Headmaster arrested for raping minor girl students

A 45-year-old headmaster of a private school in Odisha’s Kendrapara district was arrested on Friday for allegedly raping two minor girls, police said. The accused had allegedly sexually assaulted two girl students in the school on January 16. Police said that both the 13-year-old girls are 7th class students.

The incident came to light when the girls refused to go to school, following which their parents demanded to know the reason for their decision.

Police said that following pressure from their parents, both the girls told them about the string of sexual assaults inflicted on them by the accused teacher.

The accused has been booked under IPC sections 376 (F), 354 (assault or criminal force with intent to outrage the modesty of a woman), 506 (criminal intimidation) and section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO). Has been recorded. 2012, said Inspector Ajay Kumar Jena of Rajnagar police station.

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