Daijiworld Media Network - Puttur (SP)
Puttur, Aug 31: A case stands registered in the rural police station here against a teacher. The teacher concerned has been accused of sending sexually explicit message to a girl student of whom he happens to be the teacher.
Manjunath, teacher of the government high school at Nettanige Mudnooru village has been accused of sending obscene message to a tenth standard girl student of the same high school.
Manjunath has been charged under stringent provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
The girl student had informed her father about the message conveyed by her teacher, Manjunath. The parents of the girl along with several villagers came to the school on Wednesday on this issue, blocked the movement of the teacher concerned and conveyed information to the police. The police visited the high school and took the teacher into custody.
Manjunath was produced in the court on Thursday upon which he was remanded to judicial custody.