Odisha

School Headmaster Arrested For Raping Girl Students In Odisha’s Kendrapada

Kendrapada: Headmaster of a private school in Odisha’s Kendrapara district was arrested for allegedly raping two minor girl students, police said.

The 45-year-old accused allegedly sexually assaulted the two girl students on January 16 in the school located in Rajnagar area of the district. Both the 13-year-old girls are students of class 7, police said.

The incident came to light when the girls refused to go to school, prompting their parents to inquire about the reason for their decision.

After being pressured by their parents, both girls confided in them about the sequence of sexual torture inflicted upon them by the accused teacher, PTI quoted police as saying.

The accused has been booked under Sections 376 (f), 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC and Section- 4 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) 2012, Inspector at Rajnagar police station Ajaya Kumar Jena, said.

OB Bureau

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