FIR against HM for sexual harassment of teacher

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Apr 18: The police has registered a case against a Head Master of Government Middle School in district Rajouri for the alleged sexual harassment of a young female teacher of the same school.
Official sources said that female teacher (name withheld) of Rajouri, was being allegedly harassed by the Head Master, Mohammed Mushtaq, posted in Govt Middle School, Tanooni, in Rajouri Zone for past some time. He was warned by the teacher several times, but he was not mending his way, being politically connected.
Upon this, the teacher reported the matter to her seniors in the Zone but there was no action at all. Then she narrated the matter at home and the family lodged an FIR No. 18/ 2019 with the Women Cell at Rajouri. The police was looking for the Education officer for his arrest. The family also said to have lodged a formal complaint with the CEO, Rajouri.
The CEO, Mohd Ashraf Rather when contacted said he came to know about the matter only through social media. He said taking cognizance of the matter, he constituted a three-member committee to hold probe into the matter. Principal Govt Higher Secondary School, Rajouri, Rajesh Gupta, another Principal of GHSS, namely Sallah Mohd and ZEO Rajouri Abdul Rashid have been asked to file the report with three days. If found guilty, strict action will be taken against the HM, the CEO said.