“UP: Headmaster Asif Jamal molests minor student, offers her Rs 10 to keep quiet, arrested after five other students voice similar complaints“, OpIndia, October 14, 2023:

“The headmaster of the primary department of a school in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh has been arrested on charges of molestation and harassment. The case was registered against the accused, Asif Jamal, after the parents of a class 5 student lodged a complaint against him on Friday, October 13, accusing him of molesting their minor child and then trying to silence her by offering her a bribe of Rs 10.

Besides, the Basic Education Officer suspended the accused Asif Jamal from the post and filed a police complaint against him. The accused has been charged under sections of the POCSO Act and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar Meena said that the accused Asif Jamal (42) is the headmaster of a government primary school that falls under the jurisdiction of Roza police station. He added that following the complaint they received from the parents of the class 5 student, they went to school to inquire about the headmaster’s conduct….”

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