17 Class 10 Girls Molested By Officials At School In UP; Were Told To Stay Overnight
Mumbai: An FIR has been filed against managers of two schools in UP’s Muzaffarnagar over the alleged molestation of 17 Class 10 girls.
The incident reportedly took place on November 17 and two people who were involved in the case included the school owner and an aide.
Young students were called to the school and asked to stay overnight on the pretext of CBSE practical exams.
According to sources, they were given food mixed with sedatives. The intoxicated girls were allegedly molested and allowed to return to their homes the next day. The girls were threatened that harm will befall them or their family members if they complained, thereby coercing them to keep mum on the issue.
According to media reports, the girls come from financially weak backgrounds and the parents of both the victims had earlier tried to file several complaints with the police, but nothing happened. That’s when he contacted Purkazi MLA Pramod Utwal, who contacted the SSP to initiate an investigation.
Now FIR has been registered against both of them and one of them has been arrested. An investigation has been initiated against the policemen who tried to pacify the matter.
SSP Abhishek Yadav was quoted by the Indian Express as saying, “We have sent the in-charge of the police station concerned to the police lines and initiated a departmental inquiry against him. We are investigating the case and are hopeful of arresting the culprits soon.”
According to some media reports, the girls were taken from their school – where male students also studied but were not asked to stay back – to another, where they were molested. The officials concerned of both the schools have been accused in the case.
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