A 34-year-old woman teacher was arrested in Chandigarh on Thursday for allegedly sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy who was taking tuition from her. After a confrontation with the teacher on Monday, the boy’s parents contacted Childline, a 24-hour, toll-free, telephone helpline service for children in distress on Wednesday and were guided to lodge a complaint with the police. “We have registered a case under Section 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act,” said Chandigarh senior superintendent of police Nilambari Vijay Jagdale. Both the victim and the accused, a government school science teacher, are neighbours at Ram Darbar colony in Sector 31, Chandigarh. The families know each other well and owing to this, the boy, a Class 10 student and his younger sister started taking tuitions from the woman in September 2017.

A 34-year-old woman teacher was arrested in Chandigarh on Thursday for allegedly sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy who was taking tuition from her. After a confrontation with the teacher on Monday, the boy’s parents contacted Childline, a 24-hour, toll-free, telephone helpline service for children in distress on Wednesday and were guided to lodge a complaint with the police. “We have registered a case under Section 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act,” said Chandigarh senior superintendent of police Nilambari Vijay Jagdale. Both the victim and the accused, a government school science teacher, are neighbours at Ram Darbar colony in Sector 31, Chandigarh. The families know each other well and owing to this, the boy, a Class 10 student and his younger sister started taking tuitions from the woman in September 2017.