59-year-old Rajasthan teacher arrested after 23 school children accuse him of sexual harassment, making obscene videos

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In a shocker from Rajasthan, 59-year-old government school teacher in the Chittorgarh district of the state has been suspended and subsequently arrested after it was found that he made obscene videos and sexually harassed minor students.

Media reports said that as many as 23 school students have come forward to admit that they have faced sexual harassment at the hands of the teacher. A video of the teacher reported went viral recently, after which, the Rajasthan Education Minister, Madan Dilawar said that the teacher is a "demon".

Reports said that the accused used to pressurise the students to not tell their parents anything that happened with them by threatening to fail them in their examinations. Dilawar said that the government would take strict action against the teacher who has “misused his position and sexually harassed innocent school children."

Meanwhile, police said, "A student requested his parents to not send him to school and insisted on changing his school. When the family members took the child into confidence and asked him the reason, he told them what was happening in the school. Shocked family members then informed village residents about the teacher’s misdeeds."

Further talking about the case, the police said, as quoted by The Indian Express, "The age group of students range between six and 16 years. The teacher harassed both male and female students. He has been arrested and we have charged him under sections of POCSO Act, SC/ST Act, BNS, IT Act and JJ Act so that he gets rigorous punishment."

After the matter came to light, village residents reached the school on Friday morning and staged a protest and also tried to lock the school. Reportedly, government officials and police reached the spot and took control of the situation.