Just a month after the gang-rape of a six-year-old school girl, which evoked strong protests across the country, another incident of rape of an eight-year-old school girl in Talaghattapura, at the outskirts of Bangalore, has shocked Karnataka. According to the Police, a 63-year-old school teacher allegedly sexually assaulted the minor inside a school premises and both the principal and the teacher have been arrested.
According to Anupam Agarwal, Superintendent of police of Ramanagara, the teacher took the girl to the first floor of the school building and raped her.
Agarwal said, "The teacher is a close friend of the principal. When the girl's parents approached the principal on Tuesday, he refused to cooperate. Then they informed us. A case has been filed under Section 8 (sexual assault) and Section 21 (relating to failure to report the offence) under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO)."
According to Shantha, mother of the victim said that the teacher has harassed her earlier as well. She said, "My daughter had told me that the lecturer used to beat her up, undress her and touch her at inappropriate places. But when we approached the school authorities they said that this matter is between you and the lecturer, we have nothing to do with it."