Mumbai: Teacher held for sexual abuse of 14-year-old girl in Nalasopara

A teacher has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a 14yearold schoolgirl on multiple occasions inside a classroom in Nalasopara East The girlrsquos brother alleged that the school management was aware but the did not address the complaintsThe relatives friends and neighbours of the girl staged a protest outside the school in Nalasopara East demanding strict action against the management The relatives said that the accused teacher Amit Dubey who teaches history and maths has sexually abused many underage girls at the school premises The family said Dubey would always lure the female students to a vacant classroom to clear their doubts about the subjects ldquoOn the pretext of clearing their doubts in history and maths Dubey would always take my sister to a vacant classroom where he raped her multiple times He had been sexually abusing my sister for the last five to six months but she never disclosed this to anyone at homerdquo said the elder brother of the girlldquoAfter raping my sister for the first time Dubey had threatened her that he would tell her parents that she was the one to instigate itrdquo he told middayThe matter came to light only after the girl fainted inside school premises last week and the relatives were informed late ldquoWhen we reached school we were told by the school management to take her home instead of rushing her to a hospital But since her condition was not good we took her to a nearby hospital where the doctors confirmed that she had been sexually abused multiple timesrdquo said the brother of the survivorldquoI had complained to the management almost two years ago after I sensed something amiss at the school premises I even wanted a School Leaving Certificate SLC from the school for my sister but the management did not give us her SLC and she continued in the same schoolrdquo he addedBased on the statement of the girl the Pelhar police registered an FIR under various sections of BNS and POCSO Act on Sunday Subsequently after a manhunt Dubey was arrested The brother of the survivor accused the Pelhar police of not acting against the school management and its principalldquoThe police have not properly named the school in the FIR The principal of the school was initially detained but later he was set free without taking any action against the managementrdquoldquoThere are many other girls who have been sexually abused inside the school premises I have been told by students that even a few female teachers quit the school after facing sexual harassment at the workplace But the school management did not act against the harassersrdquo said the brotherDubey would chat with the survivor on her WhatsApp and would tell her to erase the chat history ldquoAbove all he would convince female students to wear tight school uniforms I have been told by many students that Dubey would always molest the female students inside the classroom He would often spank girl studentsrdquo said the brotherAn officer privy to the investigation said ldquoSo far we have only one rape survivor in this case but if there are more girls who have been sexually abused by Amit Dubey or any other teachingnonteaching staff of the school they can approach us We will surely make this case watertightrdquo