India, Sept. 20 -- Police have arrested Mahesh Prasad Yadav, 52, headmaster of Utkramit Madhya Vidyalaya, Anandpura, after girl students accused him of molestation and indecent behaviour. He has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and sent to judicial custody.

The matter surfaced on Friday, September 18, when students of classes 6 to 8 came forward. Yadav has reportedly been posted at the school since 2023. The girls alleged that he touched them inappropriately, peeped into the bathroom, pulled their hair and forcibly made them sit on his lap. One student said she was touched wrongly when she went to his office to collect an answer sheet and question paper during exams.

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