A 49-year-old teacher accused of sexually assaulting children died after jumping from the third floor of the district Superintendent of Police’s office complex in Karnataka’s Bengaluru.
The accused was on the third floor of the building, in the Measurement Collection Unit, to have his fingerprints recorded. he allegedly pushed away a constable who was accompanying him and jumped from the third floor of the building While being escorted back to the police vehicle.
The deceased was a native of Vijayanagara district, according to a report by the news agency PTI. Police said that he worked as a physical education teacher at a private school in Channapatna taluk. The police said that a CCTV video also captured the act, in which he could be seen pushing a constable, running towards the railing and jumping from the third floor of the SP office complex.
The incident occurred at the Bengaluru South district Superintendent of Police’s office complex in Ramanagara on Sunday.
The POCSO case against the deceased
The cops said that the man was arrested on Saturday evening following a complaint accusing him of sexually assaulting several children at the school. After undergoing a medical examination at a government hospital in Bengaluru, the accused was brought to the SP’s office on Sunday as part of further procedures before being handed over to judicial custody, the officer said.
A senior police officer told PTI that a case was registered against him based on the complaint under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and he was arrested.
