Jammu, Sept 3: A Government school teacher posted at the Government Higher Secondary School, Saaj in the Thanamandi sub-division has been arrested on the charges of sexual abuse and harassment of girl students in Rajouri district.
It said that a case under the relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered at the Thanamandi police station on the basis of a complaint from several girl students of the school, alleging sexual abuse and harassment by the teacher.
The Child Welfare Committee of Rajouri had also forwarded a written complaint against the teacher to police.
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