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The girl student had apparently given her grandfather’s phone number to the teacher and the latter had been texting to this number since a month. He has been booked under the Pocso Act.According to police, the accused had been sending lewd messages at night to a Class X student. It is said the girl had been asking the teacher to refrain from sending sexual content. MANGALURU: Tense situation prevailed at a school premises near Eshwaramangala in Puttur on Wednesday after locals confined a teacher to the classroom for allegedly sending obscene messages to a girl student Police have identified the accused as Manjunath , an English teacher at a government school . Apprised of the situation, the police arrived at the school premises..