Govt teacher arrested for sexual abuse of four-year-old student

TIRUVANNAMALAI: A government school teacher who sexually molested a four-year-old UKG student was suspended and later arrested at a village near Chepet in Tiruvannamalai district on Saturday. Kamaraj (49) worked as the mathematics teacher at the Government Higher Secondary School at Ulagampatti village near Chetpet, but he along with his wife Prabavathi also operated a matriculation higher secondary school with more than 1,600 students at Gangaisoodamani village near Chetpet. Parents found wounds on their four-year-old daughter’s body and admitted her to Vellore CMC hospital where doctors after examining her told them that the child was sexually molested. They then lodged complaint to district child protection officer, who after conducting an enquiry informed Polur all-women police, who registered a case and arrested Kamaraj. The District CEO also suspended him immediately.