Phagwara, April 29: A school teacher has been arrested for allegedly showing an obscene video on an LCD screen in a classroom and making vulgar gestures to girl students of class six here, police said on Saturday.

The teacher, Rajiv Sharma, was arrested on the complaint of the father of a school girl, said Satnampura SHO Gurinderjit Singh. Uttar Pradesh Shocker: Teacher Molests Student on Pretext of Confiscating Colours From Student on Holi in Mirzapur, Arrested (Disturbing Video).

The accused was a teacher in the government middle smart school of Gobindpura Mohalla, the police official said. A case was registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, the SHO added.

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