Rajouri/Jammu, Sep 3 (PTI) A government school teacher has been arrested on the charges of sexual abuse and harassment of girl students in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, police said on Sunday.

Ashraf Qureshi, the accused, was posted at the Government Higher Secondary School, Saaj in the Thanamandi sub-division, a police spokesperson said.

Also Read | Centre Approves 30 Railway Projects Including 15 New Railway Lines Worth Over Rs 83,000 Crore for Telangana, Says Union Minister G Kishan Reddy.

He said a case under the relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered at the Thanamandi police station on the basis of a complaint from several girl students of the school, alleging sexual abuse and harassment by the teacher.

The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) of Rajouri had also forwarded a written complaint against the teacher to police, the spokesperson said, adding that further legal proceedings in the matter are being initiated.

Also Read | Sanatan Dharma Remark: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma Criticises Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, Says ‘This Is a Test for Rahul Gandhi' (Watch Video).

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)