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Teacher Sentenced to 40 Years
The Statesman
|April 10, 2025
The Darjeeling District Court on Wednesday convicted 23-year-old Mohammad Hasim, a teacher, for sexually molesting a special child studying in a Montessori school, and sentenced him to 40 years of rigorous imprisonment.
Hasim, a resident of Tungsung in Darjeeling, had been sexually abusing the Class-II girl for an extended period, according to the complaint filed by the victim's family at the Sadar Women police station on 7 June, 2024.
This story is from the April 10, 2025 edition of The Statesman.
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