Mumbai Teacher Arrested for Sexually Assaulting Minor Student, to Undergo Psychiatric Test

Mumbai Teacher Arrested for Sexually Assaulting Minor Student: A 40-year-old teacher of a prominent school in the city, who was arrested last week for allegedly sexually assaulting a Class 11 student since January last year, was produced in court on Wednesday and sought extension of her custody. The court granted her custody for a day as the police told the court that she will undergo psychiatric test on Thursday.

Earlier, after her arrest, she was remanded in police custody for four days. A friend of the teacher, who allegedly helped her in the crime, has also been booked in the case.

According to the details, the police told a special court for POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) that they want to get her medical examination done to understand her mental health.

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“We want to carry out the psychiatric evaluation to understand her mental health so that, in the future, she doesn’t claim that she is mentally not fit,” said a police officer.

The police also told the court that they are searching for the accused’s female friend, who is absconding and allegedly helped the 16-year-old boy to meet his teacher outside the school where she allegedly sexually assaulted him.

“We will also be visiting the school and approaching batchmates of the survivor to find out if there are more victim students,” said the police officer.

The teacher was exposed after the parents of the minor student filed a complaint after they came to know that their son was taking anti-anxiety medicines given by the teacher, the report added.

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The police will also visit the school and talk to other batchmates of the student to know if any other students were also assaulted.

She developed an attraction during several meetings related to the school’s annual function in December 2023. Her first alleged sexual advance was in January 2024.

According to the police, the teacher used to make the child drink alcohol and take the minor to luxury hotels in South Mumbai and near the airport where she allegedly abused him. The student developed acute anxiety, and then she allegedly gave him some anti-anxiety pills, the official said.

After several months, the boy’s family noticed a change in his behavior and talked to him about it, and then he told his family the entire incident. However, they kept quiet, thinking he would finish school in a few months and the matter would end, the official said.

School authorities also refused to comment on whether the school was informed about the abuse by the parents or the student himself. As per law, school authorities are supposed to report any instance of sexual abuse of minors to the police. School said “we are fully cooperating”

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