Teacher arrested for sexual harassment of school student

A teacher of a government-aided school in Mudukulathur in Ramanathapuram district, was arrested under the POCSO Act on charges of sexually harassing a class 9 student.

Employed by the school as a science teacher, Habeeb Mohammed allegedly took the students’ mobile numbers under the pretext of coaching them.

Habeeb was arrested based on a complaint filed by a student. The complainant stated that he would then call them up and talk inappropriately and tell students to come to his home for special classes.

The student who lodged the complaint stated that if anyone refused, Habeeb would threaten to lower their scores or fail them.

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