Pudukottai, Jan. 18 -- A Mahila Court in Pudukottai district on Monday sentenced a 50-year-old government school teacher to undergo 49 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl students of the school in 2018. The court also awarded one year R.I and Rs 5,000 fine for the headmaster of the Gandharvakottai Panchayat Union Primary School, where the incident took place, for failing to act against the erring teacher. The Mahila Court Judge R.Sathya found the teacher guilty of the crime under three sections of the POCSO act and sentenced him to undergo 49 years R.I and imposed a fine of Rs 45,000. According to the prosecution, the incident came to light in June 2018, when a section of parents complained to the Pudukottai di...