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HYDERABAD: A 26-year-old private school teacher was arrested in Wanaparthy on Friday on the charges of raping 11 minor girls who were his students. Some of the girls faced the ordeal on the school premises, Wanaparthy police said. All the girls are class IV students and some were raped multiple times, cops said.

The accused teacher was arrested under section 376 (rape) of the IPC and under various sections of POCSO Act after parents of two 10-year-old girls filed a complaint. "The shocking offence came to light after one of the two girls complained of bleeding to her parents. When they made enquiries, she revealed about her ordeal at the hands of the teacher. Her parents later came to know about the plight of another girl who was also raped,'' deputy superintendent of police Kiran Kumar told TOI. Wanaparthy is about 150 km from Hyderabad.

(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)

