puducherry the national commission for protection of child rights has sought a factual report from the puducherry government on an inquiry into the charges against four government school teachers who had allegedly watched pornography on school premises forced girl students to watch it and molested them the report should be submitted by january 10 in an official communication dated december 26 which was addressed to chief secretary chetan b sanghi commission member secretary asheem srivastav recommended the government to ensure that the accused are booked under the relevant sections of the protection of children from sexual offences pocso act 2012 the member secretary sent its copies to puducherry director general of police p kamaraj and deputy inspector general of police i d sukla the commission recommended the government to provide adequate security and protection to the girls and to ensure that they are not intimidated by the accused directly or indirectly it sought the government to refer the victims for counselling and psychosocial support by competent professionals it issued direction to the government following a complaint by a chennaibased development activist a narayanan four government school teachers jude anbalagan siva kumar and abdul malik all three are trained graduate teachers and physical education teacher abdul rasheed of thiru vi ka government high school arumparthapuram puducherry allegedly watched pornography on school computers they also allegedly forced some girl students to watch it and molested them the issue came to light when a girl student of the government school told her parents that a teacher had forced her to watch pornographic content and molested her her parents members of the parentteacher association pta of the school and general public picketed the school demanding immediate action against the teachers director school education e vallavan held peace talks with them assuring immediate action against the teachers the puducherry government initially proposed to transfer the teachers as punishment but suspended them following widespread protests by the parentteacher forums and general public demanding stringent punishment against them the child welfare committee took cognizance of the offences through telephonic calls made by the pta members and reports in the media and directed the police on december 4 to initiate action against the four teachers the crime branch criminal investigation department booked the teachers under different sections of the pocso act and the information technology act after the child welfare committee lodged a complaint all the four teachers are absconding the committee appealed to the victims and her parents to appear before it and lodge formal statements however the victims and her parents did not turn up the committee sent its probationary officer and protection officer to the school to take up a detailed probe and inspect the computer however they were denied permission stating that they needed approval from the director school education to undertake a probe