KALPETTA: A Government school teacher was arrested under POCSO Act for sexually harassing female students. The accused, Jonny (50) is a sports teacher at the Meppadi Government higher secondary school, Wayanad.

He was arrested after five female students complained to the police that he misbehaved and spoke to them in a lewd manner. After leaving the school last day, five students went directly to Meppadi police station and complained to the SHO.

The students complained that Johnny, a sports teacher of the higher secondary section of the school, spoke lewdly. The police registered a case and took the teacher into custody. The police will record the statements of more students in the incident. Information will also be collected from the school authorities. Johnny was also an accused in a POCSO case registered at the Kasaba Police Station in Kozhikode.The police also informed that counselling will be organized in the school for the children to open up their complaints.The accused was produced in court and remanded.