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ULHASNAGAR: The 54-year-old man arrested on Tuesday for allegedly molesting five minor students , had received the best teacher award from mayor of Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation years ago.

Meanwhile, the teacher, Balchandra Bhangale (54), has denied all the charges.

The arrest has come as a shock to the school's management and staff. Its principal and trustee said, "We are shocked with Bhangale's arrest as he has been teaching at the school for 27 years and we have never received any complaints against him... We have offered our full cooperation to the police and are also conducting an internal probe." Cops said he allegedly took the children, three boys and two girls, to empty classrooms on the pretext of punishing them.

On Wednesday, all the five survivor underwent medical tests and their reports are expected on Thursday.

