In a shameful incident a 57-year-old government school teacher in Sakkardara raped a 12-year-old girl student between December 2022 and April 2023. The accused have been identified as Sanjay Vitthal Pande. He is arrested by police on Tuesday night.
The defendant Pande lives in Plot No. 65, Kamgar Nagar, which is behind Jattewar Sabhagruha. According to authorities, he would take the victim to the school’s science lab where he would allegedly sexually abuse her for a month.
According to police sources, the 12-year old victim used to complain about sever stomach pain to her mother. Though he mother first ignored her ordeal, prevailing complaints of stomach-ache raised the victim’s mother’s suspicion Following which, she took the victim confidence and the victim then narrated the nasty act of the teacher to her mother, which further led to a police complaint.
Sakkardara Police informed, they received a complaint in this regard on Tuesday night. Following the preliminary investigation an offence under Sections 376(AB), 376(2)(F), 376(2)(N), 506 of the IPC read with Sections 4,6 of the POCSO Act have been registered.