Court orders FIR against college principal for seeking sexual favours from female teacher

A Nadiad court on Wednesday ordered police to file an FIR within ten days against the principal of a college for seeking sexual favour from a female teacher for converting her job from contractual to permanent. The female victim had approached the Nadiad town police with complaint against the principal Hasit Mehta of city’s Mahila Arts College, affiliated to Gujarat university. However, the police allegedly refused to file any FIR against the accused.

The victim was recruited on August 10, 2010 on five-year probation as sports teacher by the Gujarat University Government Board. Accused Mehta promised to convert her contract into permanent posting allegedly on condition that she returned the favour sexually. The victim stated in her complaint to the police that Mehta was behaving with her in a “weird manner that was unbecoming of a principal” ever since she joined the office.

When she approached the police with a complaint and intended to file an FIR against the accused, she was turned back. The police allegedly delayed registering an FIR on the pretext that they were investigating the matter. The victim approached the court against Kheda SP Sachin Badshah, Nadiad town police inspector GS Thyan and the college principal.