School data entry operator held for harassing student

POLICE have registered a case under the POCSO Act against the Mathematics lecturer of Swami Arupananda College of Education and Technology at Raghunathpur for his alleged involvement in the sexual harassment of a 17-year-old girl student.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Jagatsinghpur

Lecturer Susant Mohanty was booked on the basis of the complaint filed by Jagatsinghpur sub-collector Prasant Kumar Tarai, who is also the president of the college governing body. However, the victim or her family members are yet to lodge a complaint with the police.

On Monday, Tarai filed an FIR in Jagatsinghpur police station alleging the involvement of Mohanty and college principal Ramesh Chandra Sahoo in the sexual harassment of the minor student. In his complaint, the sub-collector said that on January 15, the girl had submitted a written complaint to the principal alleging sexual harassment by Mohanty. However, Sahoo allegedly suppressed the matter in connivance with the lecturer.

According to the report previously submitted to the district administration by the principal, lecturer Mohanty had confessed to sexually harassing the student. Despite this, the principal failed to inform the president of the college governing body or the authorities of the Higher Education department.