Mysuru, July 16 -- 712 POCSO cases in 4 years leave parents of girl children worried

Increasing number of sexual harassment cases involving schoolgirls has raised serious concerns among parents over the safety of their children in educational institutions.

Whether driven by the influence of social media, parental negligence or lapses on the part of school management, incidents of sexual abuse involving minor girls are on the rise, casting a shadow over society.

In a recent incident at a private school in Vijayanagar, a man who had befriended a girl student through a social media platform allegedly sexually abused three schoolgirls. It is learnt that the girls had been sent to meet him by a teacher, raising serious questions about the s...