INDIA
Pune Mirror
By Prakruti PK | Jan 13, 2015
YET ANOTHER OCCASION FOR POCSO ACT ENFORCEMENT IN B’LORE
Three members of the school management allegedly manhandled, sexually assaulted students staging a protest against installation of new principal.
In what may be described as an appalling first for a prestigious all-girls’ private school located in the heart of Bangalore, the Central division police have registered a complaint under various sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act along with Section 354 (a) of the Indian Penal Code against three members of the school management for allegedly manhandling and sexually assaulting students, who were staging a protest on the school’s premises, on Thursday morning. The protest was against the installation of a new principal.
Highly placed police sources confirmed that a former teacher and member of the Church of South India, Karnataka Central Diocese, approached the Cubbon Park police on Saturday and filed an FIR against three members of the school management claiming they used foul language to abuse the girls, reportedly threatened to hurt them, and allegedly sexually assaulted them in a bid to get the protesters to disperse and return to their classrooms.
A senior police officer told Mirror, “We received a letter from the school on Wednesday saying they were anticipating some sort of trouble due to the announcement that the temporary principal was being replaced by a new one. They requested us to be present near the school the next morning, and accordingly, we reached the premises by 7.30 am on Thursday, but were asked to stay outside.”
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