Jharkhand: Head of nursing institute held for groping students on pretext of testing tolerance
Jharkhand: Head of nursing institute held for groping students on pretext of testing tolerance
Jharkhand Police have arrested the director of an NGO, which provides nursing training, for allegedly molesting and sexually harassing nursing students in the Khunti district.
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The director of a Jharkhand-based NGO has been arrested for allegedly molesting and sexually exploiting nursing students on the pretext of testing their tolerance .
Several woman students of an NGO-run nursing institute, situated in Khunti district s Tirla have accused the director of molesting them.
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The Jharkhand Police on Saturday arrested the director of a non-governmental organisation in Khunti district after over 15 students accused him of sexual assault,
The Indian Express reported.
Khunti Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Shekhar told the newspaper that the accused runs an institute in the district. As per the complaint, he allegedly used to call girls to a private chamber there, and sexually harass them on the pretext of giving them a “tolerance test”.
The complaint against the man was filed by social activist Lakhsmi Bakhla. “After initial probe, the director has been arrested,” Shekhar said.