TL-TEACHER-ARREST

Govt school teacher held for "misbehaviour" with girl students
Hyderabad, Apr 3 (PTI): A 26-year-old teacher of a
government school near here was arrested Wednesday on the
charge of misbehaving withgirl students, police said.
The 'misbehaviour' by K Ramana Murthy came to light
Wednesdaywhen the "SHE Teams" of the ciity Police conducted
an awareness programme on child sexual abuse at the school and
explained issues such as good and bad touch, a police release
said.
After completionof the awareness programme some of girl
students approached to SHE Teams and disclosed their teacher
had been misbehaving with them for the last two years.
If they resisted him, he used to beat and harass them,
they said adding because of fear they did not inform anyone so
far.
It was further alleged that the teacher during yoga
and other school activities took pictures of the girl
students, police said.
Following the complaint, a case under relevant sections
of IPC, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences
(POCSO) Act and Juvenile Justice Actwas registered against
the accused teacher and he was arrested, police added.
SHE Teams is a wing of Telangana Police to crack
down on eve-teasers and stalkers. PTI VVK
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