Amit Debnath, a private tutor and his brother were arrested yesterday for assaulting Sujit Adhikary of Majher Gram Tentulsari village after he protested the sexual harassment of his daughter, they said.
Sujit, a local flower trader had gone to confront Debanth after his daughter, a student of class VIII, complained that she was being sexually harassed by her teacher for sometime now.
They were produced in a Krishnagar Special Court today and were charged under different provisions of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act. The duo have been remanded in judicial custody for 14 days, a police source said.
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