Villagers lock school over ‘girl’s harassment by teacher’
Tribune News Service
Hisar, August 12
Angry over the alleged incident of sexual harassment of a girl by a computer teacher in a government school, residents of a village in Jind district locked the main gate of the school and demanded action against the teacher.
According to information, the village school in-charge got a complaint from some girls that one of their classmates was being harassed by the computer teacher. He said the girls informed him that the teacher touched her and even sent obscene text messages to the girl.
As the villagers got information about the incident, they gathered at the school and locked the gate of the school. A woman protester at the school alleged that the teacher had harassed a number of girl students and demanded strict action against the teacher. “Our daughters are not safe in the school. The matter came to our notice on Saturday. It seems that a number of female students have faced harassment,” he said. A PCR of the police also went to the spot on receiving information about the locking of the school.
The school in-charge said they had directed the computer teacher not to come to the school. The villagers demanded transfer of the teacher from the school. Meanwhile, the police spokesperson in Jind, Amit Singh said the police had not received any complaint from any person in this regard. “Action will be taken on getting the complaint,” he said.
