Teacher arrested under Pocso in Puducherry

PUDUCHERRY: The Puducherry police booked a private school teacher under Section 6 of the Pocso Act, 2012 on Friday night, for aggravated penetrative sexual assault of a six-year-old girl studying in Class 1 at the school. The accused, A Manikandan (25), was arrested and is set to be remanded by Saturday evening, sources said.

Meanwhile, allegations are rife that the police are biased and forcibly remove protestors due to the school correspondent’s political connections.

On Friday, the girl’s relatives and villagers had gathered at the school premises, assaulted the accused when police attempted to arrest him.