Police in Tamil Nadu<\/a>‘s Cuddalore district have arrested a government school teacher for allegedly sexually abusing girl students. Investigators say a parent filed a complaint over the incident that reportedly took place during a special coaching camp for high-achieving students.<\/p>\n A senior police officer told NDTV at least 20 girls had confirmed ‘bad touch’, or inappropriate physical contact reported by a child, during the investigation. The teacher – who received a prior warning from the school for inappropriate conduct with girl students – was subsequently arrested under the strict anti-child sexual abuse law POCSO, or Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.<\/p>\n The arrest comes amid a disturbing rise in sexual assaults in schools and colleges across Tamil Nadu, beginning with the attack on a woman student on the campus of Chennai’s Anna University.<\/p>\n Among the more recent such incidents, three teachers from state-run schools in Krishnagiri district were arrested and, a few days ago, three teenage boys were arrested for the alleged sexual assault and abuse of a younger girl student on the campus of a school.<\/p>\n READ |\u00a0<\/strong>3 Tamil Nadu Teens Arrested For Alleged Sexual Assault Of Junior<\/a><\/p>\n The number of such attacks has led to the opposition AIADMK claiming a decline in the law and order situation in the state, which will vote in an Assembly election next year.<\/p>\n