A married person, who is a father of three children, on Saturday allegedly threatened a woman teacher to marry him or to give him a ransom Rs 2 lakh. He threatened her to kill her by setting her on fire if she did not oblige.
Mahakalpada IIC Sukanta Kumar Patra said victim teacher who belongs to SC and is aged 24 years is a resident of laxmanasahi under Khunta police limit of Mayurbhanja district. She lodged an FIR with the Mahakalapada police alleging that she is working as a Shiksa Sahayak at Basudev Upper Primary School at Gogua panchayat since 2012. On Saturday, while she was taking class, Babula Hansda of Hariabanka village allegedly in an inebriated condition barged into the school and asked her to come outside. When she denied and tried to inform the matter to the headmaster, Hansda misbehaved with her and threatened to kill her by burning her after pouring patrol.
Acting on the allegation, the police have started an inquiry on the alleged matter on Sunday. The police came to know that when the victim teacher was studying at Ravenshaw College, she came in contact with Hansda. later, however, the duo had developed intimacy. Hansda had lied that he was married. And, when the matter was revealed, the victim started avoiding him.