Mayurbhanj: Odisha police arrested a government residential school headmaster in Mayurbhanj district for alleged sexual harassment of a class-6 girl student of the institution, an officer said Tuesday.
The alleged incident took place in a SC & ST Development Department-run Ashram School in Raruan police station area September 25. However, it was reported to the police Monday, police officer said.
According to the police, Srikrushna Patra, the headmaster of Ghagi Ashram School in Sukruli Block, summoned a Class-6 girl student to his office and sexually harassed her.
The victim informed two hostel matrons about the incident, but they allegedly attempted to suppress the matter, the police said.
The headmaster’s misconduct was revealed after the victim informed her parents about it over the phone Monday.
After receiving a written complaint from the victim’s father, a case has been registered under relevant sections of BNS and the POCSO Act against the headmaster, and he was arrested from Baripada Monday, said Anadi Charan Pattayat, inspector in charge of Raruan police station.
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