Coimbatore: The day after a class XII girl committed suicide, the police of Puram Hospital all women in Coimbatore arrested a former private school teacher on Friday under ACT Pocso and other parts for sexual harassment of girls and suicidal reductions.
According to the police, which was accused of 3 years K Mithun Chakravarthy, taught physics and mathematics at private matriculation schools in the city.
He has resigned from school in September this year.
According to the police, last March, the teacher called the girl to school with the pretext of holding special classes because lessons were taught online during a pandemic.
The girl complained to the principal about harassment but no action was taken.
The girl committed suicide on Thursday night after her mother and sister went to Madurai for a family function, police said.
His father went to work.
“When his father returned to work, he found the door shot from inside.
Because there was no response, he, along with the help of some of his friends, opened the door and found the girl hanging from the ceiling.
They took him to Coimbatore Medical College and the hospital where the doctor was Declare he was taken dead, “police said.
The girl’s father said, “Mithun used to take online classes during a pandemic and talk to my daughter for WhatsApp video calls and chat.
My daughter in March asked permission to go to school, stating that she was among the students who were chosen for the science competition and Mithun will take classes for them.
While I used to choose and drop it, on more than three chances he was late, and the teacher dropped him home.
He told me that the teacher had taken him to various places alone and asked me to move it to another school.
” When the girl’s father told the incident to his wife, he told him about how their daughter was sexually harassed by her teacher, Mithun Chakkaravarthi.
He then filed a complaint with the Police of the All-Woman Puram Hospital who was looking for action against the teacher.
The man said his son Daughher also told his mother that the teacher’s behavior was not good.
“He had told the same thing to the Principal and wife of Mithun who was also a teacher at the same school.
We then admit it to a corporate school at Puram Hospital.
However, he did not get along with anyone and looked very boring.” Based on Father’s complaint.
The victim, the police registered a case against Mithun under Section 306 (suicide reduction) of the Indian criminal code and section 9 (L) (anyone who committed sexual violence in children more than once or repeatedly) read with 10 (punishment due to sexual violence That was exacerbated) Child protection from sexual violations (Pocso), and Nabbed.
Previously on that day, Member of Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam, the federation of students in India, all Indian and Dyfi Democratic Women’s Associations have held a demonstration outside the Collectorate Private and District School, demanding the police to arrest the teacher.
They also submitted a collector’s petition g s a sect, looking for actions against school teachers and school management.
The Head of Education Officer N Geetha said the school education department would conduct an investigation into a problem.