The Sagar police have registered a case against H.P. Manjappa, who runs a private school in the town, on charges of sexually harassing minor girls.
The police have booked a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, besides the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.
A woman, native of Sorab taluk, filed a complaint, alleging that the accused sexually harassed her daughter and four other girls in the residential school. The complainant’s 14-year-old daughter died on June 8.
