A Gurukul teacher in Khammam, accused of sexually harassing a Class 9 boy, died by suicide on Monday after his actions were revealed. He had been booked under the POCSO Act and had earlier attempted suicide before passing away in Hyderabad

Khammam: A Gurukul teacher, who was accused of sexually harassing a Class 9 boy, died by suicide on Monday.

A Prabhakar Rao, an outsourcing zoology teacher at the Telangana Minority Residential School and Junior College in Ammapalem, Konijerla mandal, was accused of abusing the boy sexually for the past several weeks.

The boy, who went home for the Dasara holidays, refused to return to the school and expressed a desire to join another school locally. When his parents inquired about the reasons, he revealed the teacher’s actions.

The parents lodged a

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