In another incident of assault on women, a minor student was allegedly raped by her teacher at Patna in Bihar on Tuesday. The accused has been arrested by the Bihar Police.


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The incident took place under Digha police station in Patna late on Tuesday evening. The minor girl was allegedly raped by her karate teacher inside the premises of the school.


This is the second incident of rape in a fortnight in Bihar where a teacher has allegedly raped a student. Earlier on September 30, a teacher was arrested for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl in Bihar's East Champaran district, police had said.


The teacher was arrested from Naya Tola Husaini village under the jurisdiction of Dumariya Ghat police station, the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Chakia sub-division, Shailendra Kumar, said.


The teacher runs a private coaching institute in the village and he raped the girl, his student, on Saturday evening, the DSP said.


He was arrested after the girl's father lodged an FIR with the Dumariya Ghat police station, he said.


The girl was admitted to Sadar hospital and a medical examination of the victim has confirmed rape, the DSP said.


The accused has confessed to his crime, the police officer said.