<p>A 45-year-old government teacher has been arrested for allegedly stripping and attempting rape on a 13-year-old girl student on a school premises at Sukhana-Johad village in Jhunjhunu district, police said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident took place on December 19, when the accused, identified as Hawa Singh, asked the girl, a class VIII student at the Sanskrit Praveshika Secondary School, to come to the kitchen, meant to cook mid-day meal, under the pretext of cooking, they said.<br /><br />When the girl entered the kitchen, the teacher bolted the door from inside and allegedly stripped her and attempted to rape her, they said.<br /><br />As the victim cried for help, the teacher allegedly beat and threatened her not to disclose the matter, they added.<br /><br />They further said the accused fled from the school after the girl reported the incident to the school administration and her parents, the same evening.<br /><br />Following protests by the villagers and members of family, police registered an FIR on December 20 and arrested the accused yesterday.<br /><br />The teacher was booked under various sections of IPC, including 376 (rape) and Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act, they said.<br />Under the POCSO Act attempt to rape amounts to rape, police added.<br /><br />He was produced in a court in Jhunjhunu district today, a senior police official told PTI over phone.<br /><br />The girl has been sent for a medical examination and her statement would be recorded soon, he added. <br /></p>
<p>A 45-year-old government teacher has been arrested for allegedly stripping and attempting rape on a 13-year-old girl student on a school premises at Sukhana-Johad village in Jhunjhunu district, police said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident took place on December 19, when the accused, identified as Hawa Singh, asked the girl, a class VIII student at the Sanskrit Praveshika Secondary School, to come to the kitchen, meant to cook mid-day meal, under the pretext of cooking, they said.<br /><br />When the girl entered the kitchen, the teacher bolted the door from inside and allegedly stripped her and attempted to rape her, they said.<br /><br />As the victim cried for help, the teacher allegedly beat and threatened her not to disclose the matter, they added.<br /><br />They further said the accused fled from the school after the girl reported the incident to the school administration and her parents, the same evening.<br /><br />Following protests by the villagers and members of family, police registered an FIR on December 20 and arrested the accused yesterday.<br /><br />The teacher was booked under various sections of IPC, including 376 (rape) and Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act, they said.<br />Under the POCSO Act attempt to rape amounts to rape, police added.<br /><br />He was produced in a court in Jhunjhunu district today, a senior police official told PTI over phone.<br /><br />The girl has been sent for a medical examination and her statement would be recorded soon, he added. <br /></p>