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Andhra Pradesh: On Friday, a police said that a school teacher and father of two daughters was arrested for allegedly ‘marrying’ a 15-year-old girl from Yandagani Zilla Parishad High School near Bhimavaram in west Godavari district. The school teacher was 46-year-old.
Police said that the teacher identified as K Somaraju. He was a Hindi teacher. Police arrested him on Thursday, Hindi teacher of Yandagani Zilla Parishad High School near Bhimavaram in West Godavari district for luring the girl under the guise of love and ‘marrying’ her by tying a sacred thread around her neck.
West Godavari District Disha (women’s protection wing) DSP N Murali Krishna said, “Somaraju courted the minor girl for four months and gave his smartphone to her. Recently, he picked her up from her house, took her to his house and ‘married’ her.”
However, the girl managed to escape and returned home to Yandagandi village, narrating her ordeal to her family. Later, the Class 10 student along with her father approached the police and lodged a complaint against her Hindi teacher.
The police arrested Somraju, whose wife had left him seven years ago, and registered a case under sections 376, 342 and 506 of the IPC. Additionally, he faces charges under Sections 5 and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and Section 9 of the Child Marriage Act.The DSP said Somraju would be produced before the judge later today.
