Teacher Arrested: How Maharashtra School Molestation Case Unfolded

A teacher in Maharashtra has been arrested following allegations of molesting young female students, sparking outrage and prompting legal action under the POCSO Act.

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Key Points

A teacher in Bhandara district, Maharashtra, has been arrested for allegedly molesting girl students from Classes 3 and 4.
The alleged molestation incidents occurred between July 2025 and March 7, 2026, at a Zilla Parishad-run school in Pauni taluka.
The teacher is accused of inappropriately touching students and showing them obscene videos on his mobile phone.
The case came to light after a victim informed a school cook, who then alerted the parents, leading to a police complaint.
The accused has been booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and remanded to police custody.

A 54-year-old teacher of a Zilla Parishad (ZP)-run school has been arrested for allegedly molesting girl students of Classes 3 and 4 on multiple occasions in Bhandara district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday.

According to police, the molestation incidents took place between July 2025 and March 7, 2026, at the government-run school in Pauni taluka of the district.

They said the accused teacher, who was arrested on March 10, used to inappropriately touch girl students of Classes 3 and 4, misbehave with them and also show the minors obscene videos on his mobile phone.

On March 9, one of the victims informed about the teacher's misbehaviour to a female cook of the school. Subsequently, the cook contacted her parents, who then filed a police complaint against the teacher. Later, four more students came forward and spoke about the teacher's misdeeds.

Pauni police station in-charge Nilesh Brahmane said the accused was arrested the next day and booked under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

On Wednesday, the teacher was produced in a local court, which remanded him to police custody for three days.

Zilla Parishad schools are state-run institutes managed by a rural local government body (ZP).

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