Public rally in support of teacher facing sexual abuse charge

Coming in support of a teacher arrested on the charge of sexually abusing a seven-year old girl student of a school in a village, residents today did not send their children to classes saying he had been implicated in the case with an ulterior motive to damage his reputation.
Residents of nearby Kanjarangal Village first locked the school to protest against the arrest of teacher Rangarajan and lodged a complaint with Superintendent of Police Durai stating that the girl's maternal uncle, an alleged rowdy, could have sexually abused her.
The teacher had been arrested and placed under suspension.
As the residents locked the gates of the school, District Edcuation officer rushed there and opened the School. But the residents did not send their children to the school, demanding that the action against the teacher be dropped.

The SP told PTI that the teacher was arrested based on a complaint by the girl's mother. The girl also identified the teacher as the one who sexually abused her.
In their complaint, the local residents said the school had developed a lot after Rangarajan was posted there. He also had won government awards.
He had been implicated in the case with ulterior motive to damage his reputation, the complaint said.