POCSO Case: Music teacher found hanging from the branch of a tree

A 51-year-old music teacher, who was an accused in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act case, allegedly committed suicide here on Thursday. He was found hanging from the branch of a tree in a property near his house in the morning. The music teacher was working with the Model Residential School in Ettumanoor and was booked under provisions of the POCSO Act based on complaints raised by 14 students. 

Following the case, he landed in police custody in November last and served a remand term of 45 days.The case came to light when a few students in the school disclosed sexual harassment attempts by Narendra Babu to a students’ counsellor at the institution on October 16. Meanwhile, a suicide note recovered from the body stated that he had been wrongly arraigned in the case following a conspiracy hatched by three school employees.