Rajkot: Police have booked a teacher of a govt school for allegedly repeatedly raping a 13-year-old Class 8 scheduled caste student at a primary school in Khambhalia taluka of Devbhumi Dwarka.The FIR was registered at Jam Khambhalia police station on Wednesday, based on a complaint lodged by the girl’s father, a 36-year-old labourer. Police records state that the alleged offences occurred between July 20 and July 25, during school hours.According to the FIR, the teacher allegedly summoned the student to the school’s staff room on several occasions, locked the door and raped her. He is also accused of torturing the girl and threatening to kill her if she disclosed the alleged abuse.The complaint states that the alleged crime came to light after the girl told her family about the teacher’s conduct. Her father subsequently approached police.Police booked the accused and registered a case under Sections 64(2)(f), 64(2)(m), 75(2), 127(2), 115(2) and 351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; Sections 4, 5 and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and relevant provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, as the complainant’s family is from a scheduled caste.
