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…