Shivamogga : On Monday, officials announced that a 45-year-old teacher and the headmaster of a Government school in the Shivamogga district of Karnataka had been suspended on allegations of sexual harassment and dereliction of duty, respectively. A teacher at the school in Soppinakeri village, Shikaripura taluk, has come under fire for allegedly harassing female students, ages nine to twelve, in a sexual manner over the course of the previous few months.
The headmaster did not take action against him despite the issue being brought to his attention, they said. The matter came to the notice of the senior education department officials on December five following which a detailed probe into the allegations levelled against the teacher was taken up, officials said. Shivamogga Deputy Director of Public Instructions C R Parameshwarappa said.
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