School teacher arrested for sexually assaulting three girl students near Krishnagiri
The arrested teacher has been identified as V Balakrishnan, 50, of Krishnagiri town, who was working as an English teacher at a govt school in the district.
Educational department officials suspended him on Thursday in the wake of his arrest.
It was alleged that Balakrishnan had been sexually assaulting three girl students in the school for several weeks.
The students lodged a complaint against him with the district education department on Monday. As directed by district collector C Dinesh Kumar, officials from the district child protection unit and the education department visited the school on Wednesday and investigated. "During the investigation, it was confirmed that the information provided by the students was accurate," said an officer at the Krishnagiri all women police station.
The police booked Balakrishnan under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and arrested him. He was remanded in judicial custody.
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