Guwahati: A high school teacher was detained in Nalbari district of lower Assam on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting a student.
The teacher of a school in Balikaria village was picked up by Nalbari police on charges of assaulting a Class VII student.
"The incident was reported around 12.30pm. Local people alleged that the teacher had touched the girl inappropriately on the school's campus. After we came to know about the incident, a team from Nalbari police station reached the spot and took the teacher to the police station," superintendent of police, Nalbari, Shiladitya Chetia told this correspondent.
The officer-in-charge of Nalbari police station, Badrul Islam, said no case had been lodged against the accused. "Our team is investigating the incident and a case will be registered as soon as a formal complaint is lodged," he said.
Meanwhile, Humayun Kabir, Khanindra Nath and Nazmul Hoque, employees of Science Academy, Goalpara, who were arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a Class X student on its campus at Bapujinagar in Goalpara town on Monday, will be produced in court on Wednesday.
Sources said interrogation was on. They have been booked under different sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.
The sources said most of the parents have stopped sending their children to the school. It also came under scanner over the Higher Secondary question paper leak.
Dhubri agitation: Mahila Congress activists staged a demonstration in front of the deputy commissioner's office in Dhubri on Tuesday against "anti-women" policies of the BJP-led Assam government.
Earlier, Mahila Congress members, led by its Dhubri district president Baby Begum, took out a rally from the party office to the DC's office, carrying posters and placards demanding security for women and girls.
They submitted a memorandum to chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal through deputy commissioner Anant Lal Gyani, demanding enactment of a stringent law to curb rising crime graph against women.
The memorandum said crimes against women are on the rise in the state under the BJP-led government and the police and the administration have failed to arrest and punish rapists.
"We are demanding that the state government maintain zero tolerance towards all crimes committed against women," Begum said.
She added those guilty of heinous crimes such as rape should be awarded death sentence and the existing law should be amended to make it more stringent. She appeals for justice for victims by setting up fast-track courts.
The protesters also sought amendment to the Juvenile Justice Act so that no rape-accused, including a minor, can escape punishment
Additional reporting by Mukesh Kumar Singh in Dhubri and Sofikul Ahmed in Goalpara
