Principal arrested 10 days after alleged sexual abuse of minor

Guwahati (IANS) | The principal of a school in Assam’s Karimganj district has been arrested after she filed a complaint alleging sexual harassment of a minor girl in the school premises, police said on Sunday. An FIR was lodged at Badarpur police station in the district on May 18 against Asar Uddin, head teacher of Bhanga Higher Secondary School, alleging that he called a girl student to his room and sexually assaulted her.

The police issued an arrest warrant against him after registering a complaint under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO). However, Asar Uddin fled from the spot after the incident.

Several social organizations protested against the incident and demanded the immediate arrest of Asar Uddin. Karimganj police caught him from Neelambazar area on Saturday night and presented him in the court.

According to Karimganj Superintendent of Police Partha Pratim Das, Asar Uddin was hiding in a house there. He said that the police got information about his hiding on Saturday.

“Our team carefully planned an operation and based on precise inputs, nabbed him from that house,” he added. We produced him in the court. Those who helped hide him are suspected, and we’re looking into the situation more closely.

Asar Uddin was removed from his post by the Secondary Education Department of Assam last week and advised to help the police in the investigation.

Mamta Hojai, Director of Secondary Education, Assam, wrote in her letter: “Reports regarding the involvement of Principal Asar Uddin in the sexual abuse of a minor girl student of Class VII of Bhanga HS School have been published in the media, which has tarnished the image of the department. Have done There is a demand from the public and the parents of the students for immediate departmental action against Asar Uddin.

According to the officials of the district level education department, sufficient evidence is available against the accused and its information was given to the higher authorities.

Considering this, a need has been felt for departmental action against Asar Uddin, Hojai said in the letter. He has been placed under suspension with immediate effect under Rule 6(1) of the Assam Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1964.

The medical of the minor girl was done.

According to officials, the student claimed that Asar Uddin threatened to fail her in every subject if she told anyone about the incident.

–IANS