CHENNAI: In what could cause shock and dismay, two teachers were arrested under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) act in Chengalpattu for sexually assaulting a five-year old girl studying LKG in the school they worked.
Kayeskumar (40) of Guduvanchery's Orathur, and Rasayya (29) from Tirunelveli, worked as music teacher and PET teacher respectively in Vidya Mandir in Guduvanchery's Vallanchery. The victim was studying LKG in the same school.
The two being arrested
The two accused reportedly assaulted the child on February 28. The victim's parents noticed discomfort and anxiety in their child when she came back from school that day. On asking her, she opened up on the harrowing incident.
Soon a complaint was filed in the Guduvanchery all-women police station and the police after an inquiry found the incident was true both of them were arrested under the POCSO Act on Monday night and they were remanded in judicial custody and sent to prison. Following that the parents of other students gathered outside the school on Tuesday morning and protested against the management and said police should take strict action against both the teachers.