Sirsa, February 10
On the heels of reports of sexual harassment of
some girl students in a school in Jind district, a teacher has been accused
of raping a 13-year-old physically challenged schoolgirl over a long period and making her pregnant in Sirsa district of Haryana.
Subhash, a Sanskrit teacher at Government Middle School in Sadewala village of the district, was accused of raping the girl, studying in the same school, for months
together, officials said
here today.
The teacher has been suspended and transferred to Chaharwala village after Mr Ram Kumar, Block Education Officer, visited the school yesterday and made an on-the-spot inquiry, the officials said.
However, the victim’s kin have not yet reported the matter to the police, the villagers said. They demanded a high-level inquiry and punishment to the teacher.
Mr Hariram, village headman, said for the past few months activities of the teacher were found to be “dubious” and that a memorandum was also submitted to the Education Department but no action was taken against him.
The victim’s condition deteriorated after the accused teacher had allegedly given her some medicine to abort the foetus. When her kin took her to a hospital, she was found pregnant, officials said.
— PTI
