Chikkamagaluru Police have arrested three individuals, together with a workers member of the Well being and Household Welfare Division, on fees of sexually harassing minor ladies at a residential faculty in a village in Kadur taluk.
The police arrested a woman who labored as an auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM) at a major well being centre, an individual who labored on the residential hostel as an outsourced worker, and one other who ran a elaborate retailer. The accused lured minor ladies after assuring them job alternatives after the research and made them eat medication.
The incident got here to gentle after the residents of the village suspected the conduct of the accused and knowledgeable the college authorities. Lastly, the principal filed a criticism with Kadur Police, forcing them to arrest the three. The case has been booked below the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences Act 2012.
Following the incident, the ANM has been suspended, and the employee on the hostel has been faraway from the job. The arrested have been remanded to judicial custody.
The residents of the taluk have urged the State Authorities to take stern motion towards the accused and guarantee such incidents don’t repeat within the residential faculty.