The headmaster of the Zilla Parishad school in a village in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra has been booked for allegedly molesting a girl student of class 5, police said on Tuesday.
The accused allegedly committed the act inside a classroom on the first day of reopening of schools on Monday after sending other students out, a police official said, adding some students witnessed the incident.
Police were informed after the victim girl narrated the incident to her family members after returning home.
As the news spread, a group of people gathered outside the school to confront the headmaster, however, police dispersed them.
A case was registered against the accused headmaster under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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