Mumbai Crime: Teacher molests 15 girls in NMMC-run school, arrested

"As soon as we received the complaint, we rushed to the teacher's residence and nabbed him. We have received complaints from 15 students ranging from Stds VI to VIII," said Turbhe senior PI Sunil Rane. "Parulekar has been booked under Section 354A (sexual harassment) and the relevant sections of the POCSO Act," Rane added. Parulekar was hired by the school only to teach students the computer subject and was not on NMMC's payroll. He has been remanded to police custody till March 2. Police are probing the case to find out if he molested more students and if he is taking private classes somewhere else.

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