Principal, guard of residential school arrested for allegedly sexually harassing girls

A principal and a guard of a government residential school for girls were arrested for allegedly sexually harassing the students in Jharkhand’s Dumka district on Friday, reported The Times of India.

The students had submitted a written complaint to the Deputy Commissioner of Dumka on Thursday accusing two teachers, the principal and the guard of touching them inappropriately, drinking alcohol inside the school and showing them pornographic videos, reported the newspaper.

The complaint alleged that the teachers took the students and the school staff to their home to do domestic chores, reported The Indian Express. The students also alleged that the principal sought money from their parents to buy alcohol and the accused accused men used community-specific derogatory terms against them.

Two teachers named in the complaint are absconding.

Deputy Commissioner Anjaneyulu Dodde told The Sunday Express that he had formed a team led by an Indian Administrative Services officer…

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