School teacher stripped, thrashed for alleged sexual harassment of girl student

DAVANAGERE: A teacher at a government school was stripped and thrashed by villagers for allegedly sexually harassing a girl student, on Friday.

The teacher was stripped and thrashed.

Lokesh Hodigere, a teacher at a government school in Channagiri taluk, has been accused of sexually harrassing a girl student after class hours. On coming to know about this, the girl’s parents and others stripped the teacher of his shirt and beat him up in the school.

Block Education Officer Manjunath, who visited the school, has ordered the suspension of Lokesh.