Former govt. school headmistress in Tiruppur arrested

The Tiruppur District Police on Wednesday arrested the former headmistress of Government High School in Iduvai near Tiruppur, who was booked under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention

The Tiruppur District Police on Wednesday arrested the former headmistress of Government High School in Iduvai near Tiruppur, who was booked under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, for allegedly discriminating against Scheduled Caste (SC) students in December 2021.

The police said that Geetha (51) was booked by the Mangalam police under sections 3 (1) (r) (Whoever, not being a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe, intentionally insults or intimidates with intent to humiliate a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe in any place within public view) and 3 (1) (s) (abuses any member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe by caste name in any place within public view) of the SC/ST Act on December 24, 2021.

As the investigation led by the Deputy Superintendent of Police – Palladam was progressing, the accused had applied for anticipatory bail at the Madras High Court and was subsequently directed to approach the District Court in Tiruppur, the police said. On Wednesday, Principal District and Sessions Judge Swarnam J. Natarajan dismissed her petition seeking anticipatory bail. She was arrested on the court premises following the issue of an arrest warrant and was remanded in judicial custody at Coimbatore Central Prison in the evening, according to the police.