KOCHI: A teacher sexually abused a third-class girl, a native of Assam. She was subjected to the abuse in her classroom. She told her mother about the abuse after suffering pain on her private parts. With this, the incident came to light. The Ambalamugal police registered a FIR against the teacher.

Police said the accused is on the run. It is also alleged that the police are helping the accused, a government school teacher, to get anticipatory bail. The response of the people is that the police did not take any legal action other than recording the girl's statement and registering an FIR. The police have not taken any action to find the accused, despite receiving information from the villagers that the accused visits his family at home and other areas.