, April 13 -- SOPORE: Tension prevailed at Government Girls Higher Secondary School Sopore on Monday after students staged protests alleging that a senior lecturer sexually assaulted one of their classmates.

Eyewitnesses told KNC, that a large number of girl students came out of classrooms, raising slogans and demanding immediate action, stating they felt unsafe within the school premises.

Meanwhile, the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) placed the accused lecturer under suspension pending inquiry. An official order states that the suspended teacher has been attached to BHSS Badugam, Gurez, while the Joint Director (North) has been appointed as Inquiry Officer to submit a report within 15 days.

Senior Superintendent of Pol...