Indian police have arrested a headmaster of a government-run school in the southern state of Telangana after he was accused of repeated sexual assaults on at least five female students aged between six and 10.
The incident came to light after one of his victims fell ill and disclosed the incident to her mother while undergoing treatment.
After the family advised the police, it was revealed that the accused had sexually assaulted more students.
“The teacher has been arrested for sexual assault on minor girls of a school at Chintavare village of Laxmidevipalli Mandal,” Sunil Dutt, a superintendent of police in the Bhadradri Kothagudem district, told Al Jazeera.
“One of the girl’s parents complained and during the investigation, we got to know that he has exploited four other girls as well.
“He molested girls in school premises,” Dutt said.
The accused, 40-year-old Dodda Sunil usually threaten to harm his preys if they spoke about the assault.
Sunil who was on run was arrested on Wednesday evening and local police have registered a case against Sunil.
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