<div align="justify">The founder of a school for special children and four others were arrested on charges of sexually abusing some differently abled children for the last few years.<br /><br />Fifty seven year-old Murugasamy, also the Correspondent of the residential special school for hearing and speech impaired children in Kothapalayam in the district, had sexually abused some girl students, police said.<br /><br />The matter was brought to the notice of Karumathampatti police by two former students from Tirupur and Erode districts yesterday.<br /><br />In their complaint, the students alleged that they were subjected to sexual abuse several times while studying in the school a few years ago, resulting in both becoming pregnant and being forced to abort in a private hospital in Pollachi in 2012.<br /><br />The students said they were not brave enough to reveal the ordeal all these years as Murugasamy threatened them with dire consequences.<br /><br />After investigation, Murugasamy, school supervisor Chithra Devi, warden Parimala, office assistant Revathi and her husband Babu were arrested.<br /><br />Police are on the look out for another woman.<br /><br />Those arrested were produced in the court today and remanded to custody.</div>
<div align="justify">The founder of a school for special children and four others were arrested on charges of sexually abusing some differently abled children for the last few years.<br /><br />Fifty seven year-old Murugasamy, also the Correspondent of the residential special school for hearing and speech impaired children in Kothapalayam in the district, had sexually abused some girl students, police said.<br /><br />The matter was brought to the notice of Karumathampatti police by two former students from Tirupur and Erode districts yesterday.<br /><br />In their complaint, the students alleged that they were subjected to sexual abuse several times while studying in the school a few years ago, resulting in both becoming pregnant and being forced to abort in a private hospital in Pollachi in 2012.<br /><br />The students said they were not brave enough to reveal the ordeal all these years as Murugasamy threatened them with dire consequences.<br /><br />After investigation, Murugasamy, school supervisor Chithra Devi, warden Parimala, office assistant Revathi and her husband Babu were arrested.<br /><br />Police are on the look out for another woman.<br /><br />Those arrested were produced in the court today and remanded to custody.</div>
