A primary school teacher was detained by irate locals at Sunaribasta village under the Kakatpur police station in the district on Tuesday morning for allegedly molesting two girls of his school.
The accused was identified as Manas Mishra.
As per the complaint, Manas who works as an Assistant Teacher in Sunaribasta Project Primary School called a Class-IV girl student along with another girl from Class-V after school hours to his room on Monday and asked them to massage his foot. later, he molested them.
After the victims returned home and narrated the incident to their parents, the family members lodged a complaint with the Kakatpur police.
Police reached the school and tried to pacify the irate villagers to release the detained teacher.
Meanwhile, the Block Education Officer (BEO) has assured strict action against the teacher if he is found guilty in the case.