Maharashtra: Teacher files sexual harassment complaint against education trust chief
Press Trust of India | October 31, 2022 | 02:32 PM IST | 1 min read
32-year-old teacher files complaint against the chairman of the education trust. A probe is on into the case, no arrest made so far.
MUMBAI: Police have registered a case on charges of sexual harassment and atrocities against the chairman of an educational trust in south Mumbai following a complaint by a woman teacher, official said on Monday.
No arrest has been made so far, he said. A few days ago, the 32-year-old teacher approached the Dongri police here with a complaint against the chairman of the education trust where she was working, he said. According to the woman's complaint, the accused allegedly abused and harassed her, the official said.
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Taking serious cognisance of the complaint, the police registered the FIR against the accused under Sections 354-A (sexual harassment), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, he said. A probe is on into the case, he added.
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