Teacher held for sexual abuse

Gaushala / April 5: Police has arrested a teacher on the charge of sexually abusing a girl student in the name of giving her tuition classes at Gaushala Municipality bazar in Mahottari district.

The teacher arrested in this connection is 38-year-old Ram Dular Sah Sonar of Gaushala Municipality-3. He is the English subject teacher at the local Shree Janata Secondary School, Inspector Shambhu Pokharel at the Area Police Office, Gaushala, said.

A student informed the police Tuesday after he saw the teacher engaged in illicit act with the 16-year-old girl in his rented room at Gaushala Bazar. The teacher had allegedly called the girl, who has already appeared in this year’s Secondary Education Exam, to his room saying she needed to be taught extra preparatory classes.

A team of policemen reached Sah’s place immediately after receiving the information about this criminal act and rescued the girl. The girl has been taken to the District Hospital, Jaleshwar for a medical examination.

Locals alleged Sah of sexually abusing the girl in the pretext of giving her tuition classes at various times in the past also. The victim’s family members have also registered a complaint against Sah at the Area Police Office, Gaushala today. Police have taken Sah under custody and have launched an investigation into this case. RSS