Youth assaults school headmistress, teacher in Goa

A youth on Wednesday allegedly assaulted three staff, including headmistress and a teacher, of a school at a village near here and was arrested, police said.

Panaji: A youth on Wednesday allegedly assaulted three staff, including headmistress and a teacher, of a school at a village near here and was arrested, police said.

Parikshit Raikar (29) was arrested by Vasco police for trespassing into the school premises at Dabolim village, about 35 kms from here, and assaulting the teachers and a peon at Keshav Sadhana Smriti High School, Deputy Superintendent of Police Lowrence D'Souza told PTI.

The youth, who had an argument with headmistress Sushma Korgaonkar sometime back, entered the school at around 12 noon and assaulted her, he said.

He later hit another woman teacher and a peon who had rushed to rescue Korgaonkar.

The students were unharmed by the man, who was handed over to the police by other staff, D'Souza said.

Korgaonkar was referred to Goa Medical College near here where she was treated and discharged.  

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