Nashik: Headmaster, class teacher held over rape of girl student
Press Trust of India | February 8, 2025 | 06:45 PM IST | 1 min read
The class teacher, Gorakhnath Maruti Joshi, took students to the house of the headmaster Tukaram Govind Sable (53), who allegedly raped the teenager and sent her home, says police.
NASHIK: Police on Saturday arrested the headmaster and a teacher of a private school in Maharashtra’s Nashik district over the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl student, an official said. The alleged incident took place in Igatpuri taluka on Friday, he said.
According to the police, the Std VI student’s class teacher, Gorakhnath Maruti Joshi, took her to the house of the headmaster Tukaram Govind Sable (53), who allegedly raped the teenager and sent her home. The girl felt uneasy at home.
When her family members probed, she told them about the sexual assault , the official said. The family then approached the police, resulting in the duo's arrest.
Sable and Joshi have been booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the official added. Meanwhile, angry villagers held demonstrations at the school demanding justice for the survivor and stringent action against those involved.
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