Chennai: Two teachers from Perumalkoil Government High School in Ramanathapuram district were booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
According to District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) Officer D Vasanthakumar, Social Science teacher M Ramaraja (39) has been arrested and hunt is on for Math teacher Albert Valavan Babu (40).
‘After receiving complaints of Valavan Babu misbehaving with an 18-year-old girl from another school, a sensitisation programme on child safety was held at the government school recently. It was then that a Class 9 student complained that Valavan Babu and Ramaraja were sexually harassing students in the school.’
Albert Valavan Babu, who is absconding, used to call girl students over cell phone arousing sexual desire. Nearly, 13 students were affected due to such behavior by these teachers, reports said.
Meanwhile, the computer teacher of a government higher secondary school in Coimbatore was suspended for allegedly misbehaving with girl students.