Kishore Darda, the chairman of Yavatmal Public School Committee, which runs the Yavatmal Public School, was on Monday sent to one-day police custody on charges of negligence following reports of alleged molestation of girl students by two teachers.
The arrest of Darda comes in the wake of violent protests by parents of a few girl students against alleged molestation of their daughters by Yash Borundia and Amol Kshirsagar, who were arrested on Friday.
The police custody of two accused teachers has been extended till 7 July.
The protesting parents were demanding that Darda, the Chairman of the school’s management committee, be also arrested on the charge of “negligence” on the part of authorities.
A case was registered against the members of the management committee under Section 21 (failure to report an offence against children) of POCSO Act. The school’s principal was held two days ago and Darda was arrested early Monday morning in Nagpur, Wadgaon Road police station in-charge Devidas Dhole said. He will be produced in court later in the day, the officer said.
(With PTI inputs.)
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