Office subordinate of a State-run school arrested in sexual harassment and assault case, school HM suspended

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A 30-year-old bureau subordinate of a authorities schoolhouse successful Gangadhara mandal has been arrested by the constabulary successful Karimnagar connected Tuesday (October 28), a time aft reports of intersexual harassment and battle of 4 miss students of the schoolhouse came to light.

Chilling details of the lawsuit person surfaced pursuing the apprehension of the accused, identified arsenic Md. Yakoob Pasha, for allegedly sexually abusing the insignificant girls connected the premises of the schoolhouse implicit the past mates of months.

Making matters worse, the Headmistress of the schoolhouse allegedly asked the schoolhouse unit to conceal the incident, forcing the aggrieved insignificant girls to endure the trauma successful silence, sources said.

Her gross negligence successful discharging her designated duties of ensuring information and information of students resulted successful a terrible breach of kid information and protection. This has prompted the territory authorities to suspend her with contiguous effect.

The accused allegedly morphed the pictures of the miss students taken during the schoolhouse yearly time relation to blackmail them successful perpetrating intersexual abuse. He allegedly threatened the victims not to talk astir the offence.

The incidental sparked outrage with the parents of the aggrieved miss students and leaders crossed the governmental spectrum demanding stern enactment against the accused. It besides laid bare the glaring lacune successful the supervisory mechanics tasked with the medication of the authorities schools.

Speaking to the media successful Karimnagar connected Tuesday, Karimnagar Police Commissioner Gaush Alam said schoolhouse bureau subordinate Yakoob Pasha has been recovered to beryllium progressive successful intersexual battle and harassment of 4 insignificant girls.

The accused has been arrested nether the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, applicable sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and IT Act.

The Headmistress of the school, contempt coming to cognize astir the incident, did not pass the higher authorities oregon the constabulary astir it earlier, helium said, adding that nonaccomplishment to study intersexual harassment and assulat of children is simply a punishable offence nether Section 21 of the POCSO Act.

Further probe is underway to probe transgression culpability of the persons acrophobic and to guarantee stringent punishment to the accused arsenic per law.

Published - October 28, 2025 05:34 p.m. IST

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