Former Odisha Headmaster Jailed for Ten Years for Sexually Assaulting 11 Girls

GG News Bureau

Rourkela, 6th April. A POCSO court in Odisha’s Sundargarh district sentenced a former school headmaster to ten years in prison on Wednesday for sexually assaulting 11 female students in 2015.

While working as the headmaster of a school in Lephripara block, the 62-year-old convict offended the modesty of 11 girls.

The accused was sentenced to ten years in prison by Additional District Judge Mahendra Kumar Sutradhar.

After finding the survivors alone, the former headmaster molested and, in some cases, raped the girls in the school.

He was arrested on June 14, 2016 and has been incarcerated since.

In addition, the court fined him Rs 47,000. If he does not pay the fine, he will be sentenced to an additional six months in priso

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