Bihar: Principal, teacher arrested for forcing girl students to watch obscene videos

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The principle and a teacher of a government school in Darbhanga's Lalbagh area were arrested on Tuesday following complaints by girl students that they were made to watch obscene videos and subjected to sexual exploitation, police said.

Darbhanga sub-divisional officer Rakesh Kumar said the principal Sujit Kumar Mishra and teacher Kumar Anand Shankar were arrested after an FIR was lodged at Town police station.

The FIR was lodged on behalf of three students, whose guardians alleged that the girls had accused the teacher of forcing them to watch obscene videos besides indulging in indecent behaviour and the principal paid no heed when the matter was raised before him.

The school secretary has also been named in the FIR.

The SDO also said that the school has been sealed.

District education officer Mahesh Prasad Singh has constituted a committee to investigate the matter. It has also been instructed to investigate whether the school is recognised or not.

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