Balasore: A minor girl student of a primary school at Nilagiri in this district was allegedly sexually abused by her headmaster, the police said Saturday. The accused Bhaskar Chandra Panda was arrested.
The incident took place Thursday following which the girl’s father lodged a complaint with the police Saturday Tension gripped the area as the villagers gheraoed the headmaster in the school.
The father of the Class V girl of Sana Ata village has lodged a complaint at the Nilagiri police station alleging that his daughter was sexually abused by the headmaster of the school.
He complained that Thursday, the headmaster had called the girl on the pretext of cleaning his room. “When the girl was inside the room, the headmaster had molested her. When she resisted, the headmaster warned her against revealing the incident to anybody,” the father said in the FIR.
The victim, however, narrated the incident to her parents Friday and a police complaint was lodged Saturday.
The victim’s father also alleged that the accused headmaster threatened him and his wife if they complained to the police.
The girl’s father also said that a similar incident had occurred a couple of days back with another girl, but it was not reported.
Inspector in-charge of Nilagiri police station, Nalita Modi rushed to the school and investigated into the incident.
“A case has been registered against the headmaster,” the police said.
Meanwhile, officials of Block Education Office also visited the school after the incident came to light. Panda was produced in the additional district sessions judge’s court which rejected his bail plea and sent him to jail.
PNN