In a shocking incident, parents of students studying in Std II and III have lodged a police complaint against a student from Std VIII for molesting their kids inside school toilet.
According to a report in Mid-Day, the incident came to light after a month, after parents of a student from a convent school in Nalasopara approached the police to file an FIR against the principal for beating their son and forcing him to tell the school he was masturbating. But now, the situation has changed and three parents have now filed an FIR against the teenager, alleging he molested other children in the school bathroom.
But the school claims that despite providing repeated counselling to troubled teen, the issue has gone to this extent because of his ignorant parents. But the aggrieved parents, on October 13, first approached the school authorities and then on October 14, registered a complaint against the student at Tulinj police station.
An official from the school told Mid-Day, “One of the three students came to us with his parents and complained against the accused child for molesting them in the bathroom. We issued a show cause notice to his parents, asking for an explanation about their child’s behaviour. Later, when the parents of the accused didn’t turn up, the aggrieved parents lodged a police complaint against him.”
The school authorities also added that they have been receiving complaints about the teen’s behaviour from other students for a year now. And the school has been observing this child from past one year. The school claims that they tried to counsel him many times and also intimated his parents about his behaviour. Despite that, his parents have never accepted his mistake or helped the school in counselling him. Interestingly the accused teen’s parents are blaming the school for taking revenge for their previous complaint.
The accused child’s mother, “Since we have lodged a police complaint against the principal, they have framed my child with wrong allegations. Even if my child is wrong, nobody has the right to beat him. Moreover, the school has never called me regarding my child’s behaviour. We are waiting for the police investigation to be complete.”
After receiving complaint from parents whose kids were molested the police have registered a complaint under section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and various section of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against the accused student. And the investigation is currently underway.
