Teacher Arrested for Sexually Assaulting 17-Year-Old Tribal Student in Gujarat School

Last Update:27 October 2024 15:06 IST

Dhanpur police station official said that the incident took place at a tribal residential school in Khalta village and the accused was identified as Kalpesh Baria.

An official said the family filed a complaint against Baria and he was arrested soon after (Representative image)

A teacher was arrested in a residential school in Gujarat’s Dahod district in IX, a police official said on Saturday. He said he was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a class tribal student.

Dhanpur police station official said that the incident took place at a tribal residential school in Khalta village and the accused was identified as Kalpesh Baria.

“Baria called the 17-year-old student to his room in the Khalta ashramshala campus on Thursday evening on the pretext of cooking dinner for him and made sexual propositions. He caught him from behind too. He managed to leave only after calling his sister there,” the official said.

“When his siblings, who study at the same school, find out what he is going through, they inform their father. “The family filed a complaint against Baria on Friday and he was arrested shortly after,” he said.

Baria was charged under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 75 (1)(i) (physical touching and advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual propositions), section 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act (sexual assault) and its provisions. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Ashramshala is managed by the state’s social welfare department.

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