Tension prevailed at Hosaguddadahalli on Mysore Road when an angry mob stormed into a private school in JJ Nagar and ransacked the premises, later setting fire to the vehicles.

This incident happened following the alleged misbehaviour of a Physical Education teacher with a seven-year-old girl in school premises on Wednesday.

Furious mob gathered in front of the school following a complaint and beat-up the accused teacher when he was being taken away by the JJ Nagar police for questioning.

The parents of the seven-year-old have filed a case of sexual assault against the teacher.

The mob, breaching police security, dragged the teacher and beat him up badly, before ransacking the school and later set fire on few vehicles parked outside. A police vehicle was also gutted along with several two wheelers.

Additional platoons rushed to the spot and resorted to ‘lathi charge’ and lobbed tear gas to disperse the mob indulged in arson. Several persons including police personnel were injured in the incident.

Senior police officials have camped in the area to monitor the law and order situation.

“The private school did not have CCTV cameras installed. The situation is limping back to normalcy and the jurisdictional police have been directed to conduct a detailed probe”, City Police Commissioner, M.N. Reddi said.