A Hudson County Grand Jury has indicted a teacher at the Infinity Institute in Jersey City for the sexual assaults of three female students. The three students were 11 and 12 years-old at the time.
The accused teacher, Apparao Sunkara, age 68, of Hicksville, New York, was arrested in March in connection with the 2019 sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl at the school.
The indictment announced today upgraded those charges and added additional charges for the sexual assaults of two additional victims, both 12 years old.
Sunkara was arrested yesterday at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office yesterday.
Charges brought against Sunkara include Aggravated Sexual Assault, two counts of Sexual Assault by Contact, three counts of second-degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child, and thee counts of Official Misconduct.
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office will be filing a motion to detain Sunkara pending trial.