A 42-year-old sports teacher of an English medium school in Kadma was arrested on Monday on charge of sodomy.

The teacher had on Saturday sodimised a 12-year-old boy in a hall meant for sports activities of the school having intimidated him.

What was concerning is the boy who is a student of standard VI of the school had attempted to commit suicide at his house in Kadma on Sunday night by hanging after a week of falling victim to the accused teacher's lust, but timely intervention by the family members could save him from taking the drastic step.

Later on being queried the victim had revealed what meted out to him by the sports teacher, leading his parents to inform their relatives and neighbours. In the reaction, a group of about 50 agitated youths swooped over the sports teacher on Monday and thrashed him squarely before handing over to the Kadma police.

OC, Kadma thana, Manoj Kumar Thakur confirmed about the arrest of a sports teacher for allegedly sodomising a school student.

"The victim's younger sister also reads in the same school as him. The accused teacher had been threatening not to allow the boy and his sister to get promotion in their respective classes this year. Having intimidated the boy repeatedly, the teacher had finally sodomised him taking him inside a hall in the school on last Saturday, " said Thakur while talking to The Telegraph Online.

The OC said ever since the ghastly incident, the boy was feeling low and was not talking to any one in the family.

"The boy was moving in the house from one room to another clutching an 'Odhni' in his hand. Sensing something wrong, the boy's mother followed him. As he bolted himself inside a room and was found trying to tie a knot with the ceiling fan, she screamed leading other members of the family to rush to the spot. Thus the boy's life could be saved, " explained the police officer.

Thakur said the accused teacher who is a resident of Bhalubasa was arrested and has already been sent to the judicial custody.

Source in the school revealed that the sports teacher in question had earlier also cimmitted similar crime, but the school management are yet to take any action against him.