A government teacher, Murtuza Ali, has been booked under the POCSO Act for allegedly misbehaving with a girl student in Basar mandal, Mancherial. Education department officials have begun a probe, with action to follow based on their report

Mancherial: A government teacher was booked on charges of misbehaving with a girl student in Basar mandal centre on Friday. Police said a case was registered against Murtuza Ali under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act after he was alleged to have inappropriately touched a girl, based on a complaint received from her parents. Ali works with an Urdu medium government school in Basar.

The incident occurred a week back. However, it came to light when the parents and relatives expressed anger against the teacher on Thursday. Th

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