Telangana School Teacher Arrested For Rape Admits Of 11 More Cases In Two Years
In a shocking incident, a school teacher arrested by the Telangana Police for the alleged rape of a student has confessed of ten more sexual assaults he had committed.The 27-year-old who worked as a private school teacher in Wanaparthy district was arrested on Friday based on the complaint filed by the parents of one of the victims.?
The parents who noticed bloodstains on their daughter's uniform quizzed her upon which she revealed the crime.After the crime came to light angry villagers ransacked the school and assaulted the teacher identified as Sama Sharath Kumar.Upon questioning the police said Kumar admitted to committing more such heinous acts.?
Kumar, who hails from Nagarkunrool district, has been teaching at Swami Vivekananda School in Yedhutla village for the last three years and in the same time period has assaulted 11 girls, aged nine and 10 years old.?
According to the police Kumar used to give specials classes for students before and after the school hours, where he also sexually abused his students.Some villager also claimed that there are more girls who have been abused, but are reluctant to come forward.?
Kumar has been booked under Section 376 (punishment for rape), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with the intent to outrage her modesty) and under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.Under the amended POCSO Act aggravated sexual assault on minors is a crime punishable by the death penalty.?
The crime comes to light a few months after the shocking gang-rape and murder of a 26-year-old veterinary doctor in Hyderabad in November.The victim who was returning home at night was abducted, raped, murdered and her body was set on fire by four men.Her charred body was recovered from an isolated spot the next morning.?
Based on CCTV evidence, the police had arrested the four accused in the case. However, just days later all the four accused, were killed by the police in an encounter after they tried to flee from custody when they were taken to the crime scene for interrogation. The encounter was hailed by many as instant justice who also felt that all rapists should be dealt the same way.?
While others felt that the encounter was a cover-up by the police who had initially come under heavy criticism after the family of the victim said that the cops did not act for hours after they filed a missing complaint.
