A teacher of a Government school of Sundargarh district was suspended from service on Thursday allegedly for molesting girl students in the school.
As per the allegation of five girls of Class-VII and Class-VIII of the Kerketta Upper Primary School in Nuagaon block, they were allegedly molested by Ganasikhyak Kanucharan Sahoo in the school premises.
One of the victims of Class-VII had also alleged that on December 8 after school hours were over, Sahoo, had called her behind man almirah and had molested her. When the victim girl student did not come to school in shame and fear, the headmistress of the school had called her and asked the reason for her absence, following which she had narrated about her sexual exploitation by teacher Sahoo. Later, four other girls students of Class VII and Class VIII also brought similar allegations against the accused.
BEO, Nuagaon block, Sasmita Behera went to the school to conduct an inquiry in the presence of parents and teachers.