Jashpur (Chhattisgarh), December 9, 2019: A teacher here has been accused of seeking sexual favours from girl students and chicken from other students in lieu of passing them in examinations.
The students said that teacher -- Rajesh Kumar Bhardwaj -- threatened them that he will fail them in the examination and they will have to bear "severe consequences" had they not fulfilled his illicit demands.
"He said that I have to cater to his physical needs. He was asking for a sexual favour from me. He also asked for chicken," said a girl student.
"He said that I will have to bring chicken for him. Otherwise, the consequences would be not good for me. He also used to drop messages to me on my mobile, saying why I didn't talk to him," said another girl student.
"He said that he will let us copy in the examination of History if we cater to his undue demands," said a group of girl students of Class XII.
While the teacher, when reached, denied the claim and said that he used to entertain students.
"I said nothing like that. Sometimes I just used to entertain students. That's all," said Bhardwaj.
Meanwhile, the District Education Officer (DEO) said that he will take strict action in the matter.