Teacher booked for molesting minor girl students

Akola: A teacher and a cleaner of a school have been booked for allegedly molesting three minor girl students, police said on Sunday.

A case under section 354 (outraging modesty) of IPC has been lodged against the teacher, Prakash Jadhav, and sweeper Parashram Basere of a backward class residential school in Balapur area of Akola for allegedly molesting three girl students, around 12-13 years of age, in July earlier this year.

The victims had filed a complaint against the accused in July, following which a probe was conducted into it by state social welfare department, based on which both of them were booked by police yesterday.
Further investigation in the case was on, police added.

PTI