India News | School Teacher Held for ''sexually Assaulting'' Widow in Odisha

Kendrapara, Jul 13 (PTI) A 47-year-old primary school teacher was arrested in Odisha's Kendrapara district for allegedly sexually assaulting a widow, police said on Sunday.

The accused, a government school teacher in Raigada village under the Jamboo Marine Police Station limits in the district, was apprehended on Saturday, a senior officer said.

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The 39-year-old woman filed a complaint at the police station, alleging that the teacher sexually assaulted her in a lodge at Paradip port town, he said.

Both the woman and the accused had undergone medical examinations at the district headquarters hospital in Kendrapara, the officer said.

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Based on the medical reports, the accused was arrested and a case was registered under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, he said.

The accused was remanded to jail custody after a local court rejected his bail application, the police officer added.

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