Thripunithura: Three more people were arrested in Tripunithura in a case where a teacher molested a plus-one student. School principal Sivakala, teachers Shailaja and Joseph were arrested. The action was taken for concealing the information despite knowing that the teacher had sexually assaulted the student. In the case, teacher Kiran Karunakaran (43) was arrested by the police yesterday at his house near Pattimattom Manthrakal Devi Temple.
The incident related to the case was on the 16th. The harassment took place while returning from participating in the school festival. The economically backward family could not afford to bring the girl to the arts festival. Taking advantage of this, the teacher decided to get the girl on a bike.
After the art festival, the teacher went home with the girl on a bike at around 8 pm and tortured the child. The information was reported to the school authorities the next day, but they were negligent in informing the police. When the child shared his ordeal with her classmates, the police came to know about it and registered a case.
