Anger erupted against teacher accused of molesting girl students in Ranchi, road jam and siege of police station
Ranchi (IANS). Hundreds of people came out on the road on Tuesday demanding strict action against a teacher who molested girl students in a school in Pithoria area of Ranchi. People raised slogans and took out a procession and surrounded the Pithoria police station.
Amid increasing public pressure, the police arrested the accused teacher. Even after this, the anger of the people did not stop. They are demanding that the accused teacher be handed over to them or he be hanged.
The case pertains to Nishchay Memorial Public School, Pithoria. It is alleged that the teacher here Jagannath Mishra alias Ranthu Mishra did obscene acts with many girl students. When the girl students complained about this to their relatives, they gave a written complaint in the police station.
Even after this, when no action was taken, the villagers got enraged and surrounded the police station by taking out a procession in hundreds. A large number of people have gathered on the road in front of the police station. Due to this, the Ranchi-Patratu road has been jammed.
In view of public anger, police has deployed additional security force in the police station.
Meanwhile, Rural SP Naushad Alam said that the accused teacher has been arrested. Efforts are being made to pacify the agitated people.
A similar case had also come to the fore in Barhait of Sahebganj district of Jharkhand on last Saturday. Here the anger of the local people had erupted against the headmaster of the school, Shamshad Ali, who molested many girl students and indulged in obscene acts. Hundreds of people reached the school and thrashed the accused headmaster badly. The police rescued him from the crowd and arrested him.
