Areeparambu Government Higher Secondary School attender alleges plot in abuse case

ALAPPUZHA: M.A. Navas, the office attender of Government Higher Secondary School, Areeparambu, Cherthala, has denied the charge that he had shown obscene pictures to a girl student on a computer in the school. The student had written an anonymous letter to Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KeSCPCR) in September saying that besides showing her computer pictures, he had also asked her to go to the bathroom with him to see obscene clips on the mobile phone.

The case was forwarded to the office of the Dy.SP, District Crime Records Bureau (DCRB), and the Arthungal police were asked to investigate the matter. They have not identified the student so far. Navas, who filed a counter-petition with the Circle Inspector, Mararikulam, alleged that the letter was an attempt to hide the misappropriation of funds by a section of women teachers.

“They were conspiring to oust the headmaster, a physically challenged person, whom I supported. He had recently removed a senior woman teacher from the charge of handling the midday meal funds. This was why I was targeted,” he claimed and said that he had complained to the deputy director of education to probe the charges. “I think the letter was written by some outsider,” he said. However, the teachers alleged that Navas had a history of abusing students. He was given punishment transfer to the present school following similar charges. “The police officials who recorded our statement said it was a genuine case,” they said.