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Updated: Dec 27, 2019 01:03 IST

Bhiwandi A teacher from a Bhiwandi school was arrested on molestation charges on Wednesday. After a Class 10 student complained to her parents about the teacher, they beat him up and handed him over to the police.

According to Bhiwandi rural police, Pramod Nayak, 29, is a teacher in Shelar Grampanchayat Hindi Medium school. On Wednesday, the teacher accosted her and asked her to kiss him. The girl ran from the spot and told her parents.

A police officer from Bhiwandi said, “After the parents complained, we went to the school and arrested the teacher under section 354 of the Indian Penal Code.”