Ujjain: Teacher gets 10-yr RI for raping minor student

Ujjain: A teacher who had raped a 7-year-old student at a school in Aslawada village near Barnagar on Gandhi Jayanti last year was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment. The parents of the child had registered an FIR against the teacher Niyaz Khan, resident of village Aslawada. ADJ Barnagar SK Joshi, after trial pronounced the sentence with a penalty of Rs 5000. The court treated the crime as very serious, the accused being in the teaching profession.