Silvester D'Souza

Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (EP)

Kundapur, Sep 20: The headmaster of Hallihole Primary School near here was arrested on Tuesday, September 19 following complaints of sexual harassment by his students.

Srinivasa Joshi (59) is the person arrested.

A student in the school had pleaded with her parents to admit her in another school as she was embarrassed that the headmaster was touching her inappropriately in the school.

The parents of the girl who did not consider her complaint seriously had asked her to be quiet. But the girl remained sad and determined not to go to the school. Therefore they went to the school and inquired.

As the headmaster admitted his guilt, the parents lodged a complaint with the education department.

Voices were raised last week in the gram panchayat meeting against the teacher's harassment urging for an inquiry. The headmaster has admitted his fault in the investigations held by the department of education.

A police complaint has been registered at Shankernarayana police station here under POCSO act. Police have arrested the teacher.

It is understood that separate investigations are held regarding each of the students who had complained against the teacher.

It is said that Srinivasa Joshi was earlier transferred from a school after same types of complaints had come against him.