Alirajpur, January 11: Two girl students of a government school were allegedly strip searched by woman teachers in Madhya Pradesh’s Alirajpur on suspicion of stealing Rs 1,000 from their classmate in Jobat village of the district. The administration at Government Girls Higher Secondary School has denied the allegations of the girls.
During the search, no money was found on the girls. While the alleged incident took place on January 8, the girls filed a complaint with the Jobat police station on Tuesday night.
“In their complaint, the two girls, both students of class XI, claimed that two teachers strip searched them on Monday. The incident occurred after one of their classmates accused them of stealing Rs 1,000,” said Jobat police station sub-inspector Shankar Singh Jamra.
Quoting the complaint, Jamra said the teachers duo first frisked the girls manually in the classroom itself before taking them to an adjacent room where they allegedly made them remove their clothes. Jamra said the school principal has denied allegations of strip searching.
“In his application submitted to the police, Principal Prabhu Pawar refuted the charges levelled by the girls against the teachers,” he said.
Jamra said the police are investigating the case from every angle. “We will file a formal complaint after the probe,” the sub-inspector said.
With inputs from PTI