Chennai: A 44-year old teacher of a Corporation School near Koyambedu was arrested by the city police in connection with an alleged sexual assault on a 14-year-old student, on Saturday.
A metropolitan magistrate court in Saidapet remanded the suspect who teaches Tamil to judicial custody. The suspect identified as Jayaprakash, (44), resident of Tiru Nagar, West Jafferkhanpet, reportedly had isolated the Class x girl student from the ground-floor classroom. He had sent her to the staff lounge on the first floor in the pretext of fetching some books for him.
When the girl went upstairs, he followed the child, and sexually assaulted her.
The girl disclosed the incident to her father later. Subsequently, the family preferred a complaint with Kumaran Nagar Police who had registered a case against the teacher. The teacher was summoned for interrogation on Saturday.
Subsequently, he was booked under the provision of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012. Further investigations are on.
