Teacher arrested for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old tribal student at a school in Gujarat

Last update:Oct 27, 2024 3:06 pm EST

The incident took place at a tribal boarding school in Khalta village and the accused was identified as Kalpesh Baria, a Dhanpur police official said.

According to the official, the family filed a complaint against Baria and he was arrested shortly thereafter (Representative photo)

A police official on Saturday said a teacher was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a Class IX tribal student at a boarding school in Gujarat’s Dahod district.

The incident took place at a tribal boarding school in Khalta village and the accused was identified as Kalpesh Baria, a Dhanpur police official said.

“On Thursday evening, Baria called the 17-year-old student at his quarters in the Khalta ashramshala campus on the pretext of cooking for him and proposed sexual relations with him. He also grabbed her from behind. She managed to leave the place only after her sister was called there,” the official said.

“When her siblings, who study in the same school, learned about her plight, they informed her father. On Friday, the family filed a complaint against Baria and he was arrested soon after, he said.

Baria was charged under Art. 75 section 1 letter i) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (physical contact and advances involving unwelcome and explicit propositions of a sexual nature), Art. 8 (sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act and the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

The ashramshala is managed by the state social welfare department.

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