School teacher arrested for obscene acts with minor girls

A government school teacher has been arrested for allegedly indulging in obscene activities with minor girl students in neighbouring Mahoba district, police said today.

Virendra Singh, a primary school teacher in Charkhari township, allegedly indulged in indecent activities with about six minor girls by calling them individually into a room, SP Harish Chander said.

He was arrested yesterday after the parents complained to police about it, the SP said, adding a case has been registered and investigations are on.

Singh has been suspended and a departmental inquiry is being conducted, Assistant Basic Shiksha Adhikari, Rameshwar said.