Last week on January 20th, the Maharashtra Police filed a police complaint against a school teacher in the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor student, reportedly a Hindu girl. The accused person has been identified as Abu Nasar Sayyed (36) and is employed as a sports teacher at the ‘New Beginning International School’. The teacher Nasar Sayyed has been accused of sexually assaulting a female student studying in 9th after which a complaint was filed against him at the Fulambri Police Station.
The sections imposed against the accused person are sections 74, 75, 78, 351(2), 351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyay Samhita, 2023; sections 8, 9, 9(f), 9(l), 10, and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 and sections 3(1)(w)(i), 3(1)(w)(ii) and 3(2)(va) of the SC/ST Act, 1989.
As per the FIR copy exclusively obtained by OpIndia, the accused threatened the girl and blackmailed her to keep quiet. He also forced her to send derogatory images of her body and later used them to threaten her for further derogatory benefits.
The harassment started in June 2024 when the preparations for the Sports tournament began at the school. The accused sports teacher at that time had influenced the girl to be ‘friendly’ with him. He sent her a request on the Snapchat app and began chatting with her. The girl mentioned in the complaint that after that he frequently began touching her inappropriately under the guise of teaching her sports within the school premises.
“He purposefully used to touch my chest while teaching sports. In October 2024, the school was celebrating Helper Day and the preparations for the event were underway. Amid this, Nasar Sir asked me to get the decoration items from the sports room. He followed me there and threw himself at me. He pushed me against the wall and touched me everywhere with bad intentions. I got scared and asked him to stop and leave but he continued. I yelled and left from there,” the girl said.
She added that after this, the accused messaged her and apologized for his behavior. He made the girl believe that he was her best friend and that she should not mention about his behavior anywhere. Later he also lured her saying that he would help her excel in sports if she cooperated with him. Following this he forcefully kept on calling her into the sports room where he would touch her inappropriately.
After a few days, he began sending derogatory messages to the girl on Snapchat. He would send her videos of intimacy and sensualities and one day, he even demanded to send her nude pictures to him. He again lured the girl saying that he would teach her everything about the human body which would help her maintain her physical fitness while playing sports.
The girl who was being forced to reply to Nasar’s messages, got scared as he demanded her nude picture. She refused and stopped talking to him. He then began torturing her at the school. The girl said that he would yell at her unnecessarily and give her difficult sports tasks. He also threatened her saying that her selection in the sports tournament was difficult. On confronting him, he said that he wanted her to reply to his messages and cooperate with him if she wanted to get selected for a sports tournament.
“I was scared. But he forced me to do so. After deleting the picture, he said that he would not misuse it (the nude picture) and that he wanted me to trust him. This was all very scary. Amid this, he continued to send me kissing images and videos. I stopped replying to his messages and also stopped talking to him. But then he threatened me saying that he would make my nude picture viral in the school,” the girl added.
As per the complaint, the girl then stopped going to the school which concerned her parents. The girl didn’t go the school for around 2 months. The parents of the girl then took her into confidence and asked her what exactly was happening to her and why was she scared to go to school. The girl eventually revealed the entire ordeal following which the parents of the girl filed a police complaint against the accused.
Local reports suggest that the parent’s committee learned about the incident and protested against the school demanding immediate arrest of the accused teacher. They raised concerns regarding the safety of the children studying in the school. The enraged protestors also blocked the roads and created chaos in the Phulambri town following which the police authorities reached the spot to control the situation.
The police ensured the arrest of the accused teacher and also a transparent investigation into the case. “Any student or parent having a complaint should come to the police without any fear. The administration is with you all. We will conduct a fair investigation into the case and anyone found guilty will be treated by law. We are also asking the education department to look into the matter,” Dr Vinaykumar Rathod, Superintendent of Police said.
Though an FIR in the case has been filed, no arrests have yet been made. Investigations are underway.
