Mumbai Teacher Gave Her Student Anti-Anxiety Meds, Sexually Assaulted Him

A 40-year-old female teacher of a prominent Mumbai school has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old male student on multiple occasions in the past one year, police said.

The woman, who is married and also has children, has been charged under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act and the Indian Penal Code. There was no immediate comment from the school on the case at the time of filing this report.

According to the police, the accused woman is an English teacher and taught the student when he was in Class XI. She told police that she got attracted to the teenager during various meetings to set up a dance group for the annual school function in December 2023. She also made sexual gestures to the student in January 2024. 

As the survivor was initially reluctant and began avoiding her, the teacher approached one of her female friends – who is not from the school – for help, a police officer said on condition of anonymity. The accused’s friend, who has also been charged, reached out to the minor and reportedly told him that relationships between older women and teenage boys have “become quite common”.