Teacher arrested for obscene video call with Class 10 student in Navi Mumbai

A 35-year-old school teacher was arrested for making an alleged semi-nude video call to a Class 10 student in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra.

After the boy informed his parents about her act, the teacher was charged in an FIR by the Koparkhairne police under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act after the boy's father approached police.

In his complaint, the boy's father said the teacher's activities had affected the boy's mental health.

"After that, the accused teacher was arrested. The court then remanded her in police custody for one day," the official told PTI, adding that the police were trying to find out if the teacher had indulged in similar acts with any other student.

According to police sources, the teacher had been sending sexually explicit messages to the boy on social media platforms, including Instagram, for a while. The chats then moved to video calls in which she was semi-nude. These video calls continued for a while before the boy confided in his parents, according to a report by NDTV.