The Bidar police have registered a case against assistant teacher of a Government Primary School under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2019, for marrying a minor girl.
The accused Sandeep Ajure, an assistant teacher at Government Model Primary School in Halsi Tugaon village of Bhalki taluk in Bidar district married a minor on March 29 this year.
The incident came to light on after the Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) Srinivas Baluwale, directed the concerned block education officer (BEO) to enquire about the teacher’s marriage.