The Kosagumuda police on Saturday arrested and court-forwarded a teacher of an upper primary residential school for molesting a Class-VIII student in Motigam gram panchayat of Nabarangpur district on Thursday.
Gobind Chandra Haldhar (45) of the Badakhuna UP School called the student to his quarter for coaching. He asked the girl to apply aloevera gel over his body and later assaulted her sexually.
Hearing the cry of the girl, a cook and her husband of the quarter rushed to the spot, following which the teacher freed the girl. later, the victim’s father lodged a complaint at the Kosagumuda police station after hearing the plight of his daughter.