Mumbai: A Mumbai teacher has been arrested under the POCSO Act on charges of having sex with a class 11 student.
A 40-year-old English teacher from a renowned school in Mumbai has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old student multiple times in the past one year, police said.
The accused teacher is married and has children. Now a case has been registered under various sections of the POCSO, Child Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act and the Indian Penal Code.
The student was studying in class 11 when the teacher had given him lessons. In December 2023, a group of students were made for the annual school dance. During this time, the teacher was attracted to the minor. In January 2024, she started making sexual gestures to the student.
Seeing this behavior of the teacher, the student initially started moving away from her. During this time, the teacher developed a relationship with him through her friend. Her friend talked to the student and convinced him that relationships between older women and teenage boys are now normal, and your couple is a match made in heaven. The teacher's friend has also been charged for aiding the act.
The teacher would take the student to a five-star hotel in a car and forcibly remove her clothes and sexually assault her. A few days after committing the act, the student became scared. At this time, the teacher gave her anti-anxiety pills.
The teacher's lust was so intense that sometimes she would force the student to drink alcohol and take him to five-star hotels in South Mumbai and near the airport to have sex.
How did it come to light?
The incident came to light when the parents noticed a change in their son's behavior and questioned him. As the student was telling about his difficulties, the family tried to keep the matter a secret, saying that he would soon pass Class 12. However, even after he passed Class 12 and left school, the teacher tried to contact the student again.
The teacher contacted the student through her homework staff and asked him to meet her. After the parents came to know about this, a complaint was filed and a case was registered.