India, March 5 -- A school teacher was arrested on Thursday for allegedly assaulting a Class 8 student over the last six months in Odisha's Kandhamal district, police said.

The teacher, Kunu Bhoi, was arrested by the police and produced before a court, Kandhamal Superintendent of Police (SP) Harisha BC said.

According to the police, the teacher had accompanied the student to a science fair in Phulbani town on November 21 last year. "While returning from the fair in the evening, the teacher allegedly took the minor into a secluded forest area along the Phulbani-Gochhapada road and sexually assaulted her," an officer said.

"After the incident, the accused allegedly threatened the girl and continued to sexually exploit her. Reports sugges...