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The Manapparai All Women Police Station connected Tuesday (March 10, 2026) arrested a authorities schoolhouse teacher nether the POCSO Act connected charges of sexually harassing a fewer miss students of a authorities schoolhouse successful Manapparai taluk.
The schoolhouse headmaster was besides arrested nether the aforesaid Act connected charges of concealing the crime, failing to pass the authorities concerned, and not taking action. The arrested teacher and headmaster were identified arsenic A. Baskar (57) and D. Velankanni (55), respectively.
Police sources said the parents of a fewer miss students had complained to the headmaster connected March 6 against Baskar, a Class III teacher, alleging that helium had sexually harassed immoderate students. As the headmaster failed to instrumentality immoderate action, immoderate parents assembled successful beforehand of the schoolhouse connected Monday (March 9).
On receipt of information, unit of the Manapparai All Women Police Station, on with officials of the Child Welfare Committee, conducted an inquiry, pursuing which the teacher and the headmaster were arrested.
