Office subordinate of a State-run college arrested in sexual harassment and assault case, college HM suspended

A 30-year-old workplace subordinate of a authorities college in Gangadhara mandal has been arrested by the police in Karimnagar on Tuesday (October 28), a day after experiences of sexual harassment and assault of 4 lady college students of the varsity got here to gentle.

Chilling particulars of the case have surfaced following the arrest of the accused, recognized as Md. Yakoob Pasha, for allegedly sexually abusing the minor women on the premises of the varsity over the past couple of months.

Making issues worse, the Headmistress of the varsity allegedly requested the varsity employees to hide the incident, forcing the aggrieved minor women to endure the trauma in silence, sources stated.

Her gross negligence in discharging her designated duties of making certain security and safety of scholars resulted in a extreme breach of kid security and safety. This has prompted the district authorities to droop her with quick impact.

The accused allegedly morphed the images of the lady college students taken through the college annual day operate to blackmail them in perpetrating sexual abuse. He allegedly threatened the victims not to discuss the offence.

The incident sparked outrage with the mother and father of the aggrieved lady college students and leaders throughout the political spectrum demanding stern motion towards the accused. It additionally laid naked the obvious lacune within the supervisory mechanism tasked with the administration of the federal government colleges.

Speaking to the media in Karimnagar on Tuesday, Karimnagar Police Commissioner Gaush Alam stated college workplace subordinate Yakoob Pasha has been discovered to be concerned in sexual assault and harassment of 4 minor women.

The accused has been arrested below the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, related sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and IT Act.

The Headmistress of the varsity, regardless of coming to know in regards to the incident, didn’t inform the upper authorities or the police about it earlier, he stated, including that failure to report sexual harassment and assulat of kids is a punishable offence below Section 21 of the POCSO Act.

Further investigation is underway to probe felony culpability of the individuals involved and to make sure stringent punishment to the accused as per legislation.