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I made a small mistake, there was no intercourse: Jharkhand principal accused of molesting 7-year-old

The Principal had molested one of his Upper KG students

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The Jharkhand school principal who was booked for allegedly molesting a seven-year-old child, has admitted to the crime. However, he has brushed it off saying that there was 'no intercourse involved'.

According to an NDTV report, S Xavier, who heads the school in Jharkhand's Koderma district had allegedly taken the child to the school toilet where he stripped her and inappropriately touched her. He then gave her some money and told her to not repeat what had happened.

He was produced before the media by the police.  "Yes I did, but it wasn't such a big mistake. There was no sexual intercourse. Let me be frank, I could not even have done it, I'm old now. It was an accident." The man, who has been sent to jail for 15 days, also said, "I am under a lot of stress. My work is not going well. I have heart trouble. I can't sleep at night sometimes. I have insomnia," he said.

Xavier has been booked under various sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act​ (POCSO).

The incident came to light days after a four-year-old child from a posh school in Kolkata was sexually assaulted by her physical education teachers. Both the teachers were booked under POCSO after the child identified them. Parents staged protests outside the school and the Jadavpur police station where the accused have been locked up, demanding stricter action. They had also lamented the high school fee (Rs 5,000 per month) but no adequate security for the children.

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