LUDHIANA : A day after Raikot police booked a central authority school teacher for allegedly sexually harassing a Class VIII school, the education department suspended him on Monday. In the suspension understand, director of public instructions (secondary) Paramjit Singh stated the teacher was once accused of sexual harassment by any other woman pupil in 2016.
The authentic stated the teacher had at that time given an apology for the incident. In the suspension understand, a replica of which is with TOI, the dep. has given 15 days to the teacher to offer an evidence on the accusation towards him.
The understand has mentioned that this was once the second time the teacher had been accused of sexually harassing a pupil, so he was once being suspended by the college. The education department’s motion got here an afternoon after Raikot police registered a case towards the teacher for allegedly sexually harassing a Class VIII pupil of his school.
The FIR was once lodged after the college’s head had filed a police complaint towards him, on the path of Punjab State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights. Following the complaint, police had booked the teacher under Section 354A (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code and under sections of Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
It has been alleged that the schoolgirl had to stay again in class as a result of bad weather, whilst maximum pupil had left for home, on May 2. The woman and the teacher were alone when he noticed the woman, grabbed her and harassed her, it's been alleged.
The woman escaped from there and knowledgeable her family in regards to the incident on attaining home. Her family had complained to the college towards the teacher on May 4. An inside probe by the college had indicted the teacher. However, he was once let-off after the topic was once resolved by the village’s panchayat, and no one approached the police.
However, some village citizens reported the incident to Punjab secretary (education) Krishan Kumar, who ordered local education officers to post a document after inquiry. The document of district education officer additionally indicted the teacher. Taking suo-motu understand of the topic, the Punjab State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights summoned the college head and district education officer (secondary) Swaranjit Kaur.
The DEO presented a document which indicted the teacher. After this, the fee directed DPI (secondary) Paramjit Singh to droop the teacher and the education department to resort a police complaint.
The authentic stated the teacher had at that time given an apology for the incident. In the suspension understand, a replica of which is with TOI, the dep. has given 15 days to the teacher to offer an evidence on the accusation towards him.
The understand has mentioned that this was once the second time the teacher had been accused of sexually harassing a pupil, so he was once being suspended by the college. The education department’s motion got here an afternoon after Raikot police registered a case towards the teacher for allegedly sexually harassing a Class VIII pupil of his school.
The FIR was once lodged after the college’s head had filed a police complaint towards him, on the path of Punjab State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights. Following the complaint, police had booked the teacher under Section 354A (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code and under sections of Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
It has been alleged that the schoolgirl had to stay again in class as a result of bad weather, whilst maximum pupil had left for home, on May 2. The woman and the teacher were alone when he noticed the woman, grabbed her and harassed her, it's been alleged.
The woman escaped from there and knowledgeable her family in regards to the incident on attaining home. Her family had complained to the college towards the teacher on May 4. An inside probe by the college had indicted the teacher. However, he was once let-off after the topic was once resolved by the village’s panchayat, and no one approached the police.
However, some village citizens reported the incident to Punjab secretary (education) Krishan Kumar, who ordered local education officers to post a document after inquiry. The document of district education officer additionally indicted the teacher. Taking suo-motu understand of the topic, the Punjab State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights summoned the college head and district education officer (secondary) Swaranjit Kaur.
The DEO presented a document which indicted the teacher. After this, the fee directed DPI (secondary) Paramjit Singh to droop the teacher and the education department to resort a police complaint.
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