Students allege sexual harassment by teacher in Badshapur

GURUGRAM: A number of students of Badshapur girls secondary government school on Friday came forward with allegations of sexual harassment against a teacher of the co-education government primary school where they previously attended classes. The Gurugram police said that they would launch a probe the allegations.

A few students also complained about men lurking outside their school and harassing them on their way home after the classes daily.

Rocky Mittal, the programme director of the government reform programme ‘Ek aur Sudhaar’, visited the school for an inspection on Friday and asked the girls about their problems.

Three students of Class 6 told him that the teacher of the primary school, located across the road from the girls’ school, used to sexually harass them around a year ago.

“A number of girls started crying when they were asked about their issues. Even the teachers admitted how they have seen the girls being subjected to harassment by miscreants outside the school. The girls also named a teacher of the nearby school, saying he would harass them under the pretext of free tuitions,” said Mittal.

Under the Ek aur Sudhaar project, Mittal has visited schools in 15 districts, including Gurugram, so far. Police said that they would look into the complaints. “No formal complaint has been filed in the matter and the harassment of school girls is not restricted to one teacher. Students complained that they were being harassed on a daily basis, especially on their way home after school,” said a senior police officer. The accused teacher, police said, had been posted with the neighbouring school for two years but the school authority was unaware of the girls’ ordeal. The principal of the school could not be reached for comments.