01 September 2013

School Head Master arrested for molesting student at Dabugam.

The headmaster of Karagam School in Nabarangpur district, who was arrested for allegedly molesting and sexually assaulting a class VIII student and charged under Section 354 (a) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 produced in court on Saturday.

According to police   father of a class VIII tribal student of Karagam school, under Dabugam block complained to the police on Friday that the accused headmaster Kailash Chandra Behera, regularly  ask her to go to his bed room to sweep, she followed his instructions and went to his room, soon Kailash Behera reportedly appeared there and embraced the girl.

He reportedly molested her and assaulted her sexually.  He “threatened that if she discloses to anybody he will be dismissed her from the hostel” when the act of the teacher unceasingly the girl summoned up courage left to her village informed her ordeal to her  parents who promptly filed a police complaint on August 28th with the
Dabugam police station.