{"id":24628,"date":"2024-04-03T13:31:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T13:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/03\/sexual-harassment-headmaster-sentenced-to-10-years-ri-fine-of-rs-70k-in-odishas-sundargarh-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T13:31:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T13:31:28","slug":"sexual-harassment-headmaster-sentenced-to-10-years-ri-fine-of-rs-70k-in-odishas-sundargarh-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/03\/sexual-harassment-headmaster-sentenced-to-10-years-ri-fine-of-rs-70k-in-odishas-sundargarh-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual harassment: Headmaster sentenced to 10 years RI, fine of Rs 70K in Odisha\u2019s Sundargarh &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-523252\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-header post-tp-1-header\">\n<div class=\"post-meta-wrap clearfix\">\n<div class=\"post-meta single-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"post-author-name\"><b>Suranjan Mishra<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"time\"><time class=\"post-published updated\" datetime=\"2024-04-03T18:47:58+05:30\">Published On : <b>Apr 3, 2024 at 6:47 PM<\/b><\/time><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"time\"><time class=\"post-published updated\" datetime=\"2024-04-03T19:00:54+05:30\">Updated On : <b>Apr 3, 2024 at 7:00 PM<\/b><\/time><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-featured\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix single-post-content\">\n<p><strong>Sundargarh:<\/strong> A former school headmaster was sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) by a POCSO court today along with a fine of Rs 70,000 in a sexual harassment case in Sundargarh district.<\/p>\n<p>The convict man identified as Shyamsundar Patel would undergo an imprisonment for additional seven months in case he fails to pay the imposed fine amount, the designated court ordered.<\/p>\n<p>It is pertinent to mention, the victim Class-10 girl student fell off the rooftop of her hostel building under Lefripada police limits of the district, in a bid to escape, after being sexually harassed by her school headmaster on April 1, 2022. Later, she died on the way while being taken to hospital in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>The minor who belonged to Bhalugada village was a student of Patuadihi panchayat high school. She was staying in the hostel. On the intervening day, she fell off the rooftop and later died.<\/p>\n<p>On being informed, a police team led by Lefripada IIC Hemangini Gardia had reached the school and initiated a probe. The cops had detained three persons, including the headmaster, an assistant teacher, and the hostel warden for interrogation. Police had then registered a case in this connection.<\/p>\n<p>The former headmaster was arrested by the probe team the next day and forwarded to court.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] &#13; &#13; Suranjan Mishra Published On : Apr 3, 2024 at 6:47 PM Updated On : Apr 3, 2024 at 7:00 PM &#13; &#13; Sundargarh: A former school headmaster was sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) by a POCSO court today along with a fine of Rs 70,000 in a sexual harassment case [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-states"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24630,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24628\/revisions\/24630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}