A 49-year-old teacher was convicted and sentenced to six years rigorous imprisonment by a special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences court on Monday for sexually abusing his nine-year-old student several times in 2018, said a report in The Times of India.

The incident came to light when the child opened up to her classmates. They got together and wrote a letter to their class teacher about how the accused was attacking the survivor. The teacher further informed the child's mother at a school meeting. The parents confronted the accused and he was arrested after the child identified him.