{"id":109333,"date":"2023-09-20T21:54:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T16:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=109333"},"modified":"2023-09-20T21:54:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T16:24:49","slug":"an-investigation-into-claims-of-sexual-assault-upon-a-ten-year-old-student-in-hailakandi-assam-a-demand-for-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.in\/?p=109333","title":{"rendered":"An Investigation into Claims of Sexual Assault upon a Ten-Year-Old Student in Hailakandi, Assam: A Demand for Justice."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-109309\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/logo_new-2-1-1-4-1-3-1-7.png?resize=147%2C39&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"39\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">O<\/span>n Wednesday, parents of a 10-year-old student in Assam\u2019s Hailakandi district filed a First Information Report (FIR) accusing a 65-year-old retired teacher of allegedly sexually assaulting their son. The parents said that the boy had refused to attend the teacher&#8217;s coaching classes, and when they asked why, he showed them a video he had recorded of the assault. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109338\" style=\"width: 1030px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/An Investigation into Claims of Sexual Assault upon a Ten-Year-Old Student in Hailakandi, Assam\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-109338 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Minor-rape-and-murder.webp?resize=1030%2C579&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"An Investigation into Claims of Sexual Assault\" width=\"1030\" height=\"579\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Minor-rape-and-murder.webp?w=1030&amp;ssl=1 1030w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Minor-rape-and-murder.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Minor-rape-and-murder.webp?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Minor-rape-and-murder.webp?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Minor-rape-and-murder.webp?resize=750%2C422&amp;ssl=1 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>An Investigation into Claims of Sexual Assault upon a Ten-Year-Old Student in Hailakandi, Assam:<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The family went to confront the teacher, but he denied the allegations and absconded. Police have registered a case against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and are investigating the matter. Officers are attempting to locate the accused teacher by tracing his phone and questioning his family members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> The boy&#8217;s statement has been recorded and the video evidence collected. Locals expressed concern about the incident, and a group of people visited the police station to appeal for a thorough investigation. They highlighted the seriousness of the issue and called for strict action to be taken against the accused in order to set an example.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, parents of a 10-year-old student in Assam\u2019s Hailakandi district filed a First Information Report (FIR) accusing a 65-year-old retired teacher of allegedly sexually assaulting their son. The parents said that the boy had refused to attend the teacher&#8217;s coaching classes, and when they asked why, he showed them a video he had recorded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"0","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[200],"tags":[13937,13940,13938,13939],"class_list":["post-109333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assam","tag-an-investigation-into-claims-of-sexual","tag-assam-a-demand-for-justice","tag-assault-upon-a-ten-year-old-student","tag-in-hailakandi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":157510,"url":"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.in\/?p=157510","url_meta":{"origin":109333,"position":0},"title":"Tinsukia Gang-Rape : Young Woman, Accused Held from Arunachal","author":"News Desk","date":"August 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A woman, aged about 18\u201319, was allegedly gang-raped by four men on the evening of August 14 in Namphai Lishang village under the Jagun Police Outpost in Tinsukia district, Assam, police said, and one of the accused has since been arrested from neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh. 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