3 minors held for molesting classmate, filming the act
TNN | Updated: Jan 4, 2019, 00:12 IST
NEW DELHI: Three juveniles studying at a government school in Chanakyapuri have been apprehended for molesting a classmate and filming the act. The girl informed her parents about the crime on Monday after which the police were informed.
Senior police officers confirmed the incident and said a case under IPC sections of sexual harassment and POCSO Act has been registered against the juveniles who were sent to a correction home.
The survivor told the police that the perpetrators had harassed her and made vulgar gestures at her earlier as well. She alleged that on Monday, one of the boys sexually harassed her while his friends filmed it on their cellphones. The trio allegedly threatened to circulate the clips if she didn’t keep mum about it.
But later one, she found that her classmates knew about the incident too. She felt humiliated. So she told the parents about it.
The family contacted the school authorities and the police. The girl’s statement was recorded and a case registered at Chanakyapuri police station.
Police officers investigating the case said they seized the cellphones of the three boys and were scanning them for objectionable content. Police were also investigating if the boys had uploaded any photo of the act on internet even though they claimed that they deleted the photos. The school authorities have been asked to join the investigation, and the police have been trying to find out if any staff member knew about the alleged harassment.
The girl is being counselled to overcome the trauma while police would speak to her classmates. The parents of the boys would be questioned too.
Senior police officers confirmed the incident and said a case under IPC sections of sexual harassment and POCSO Act has been registered against the juveniles who were sent to a correction home.
The survivor told the police that the perpetrators had harassed her and made vulgar gestures at her earlier as well. She alleged that on Monday, one of the boys sexually harassed her while his friends filmed it on their cellphones. The trio allegedly threatened to circulate the clips if she didn’t keep mum about it.
But later one, she found that her classmates knew about the incident too. She felt humiliated. So she told the parents about it.
The family contacted the school authorities and the police. The girl’s statement was recorded and a case registered at Chanakyapuri police station.
Police officers investigating the case said they seized the cellphones of the three boys and were scanning them for objectionable content. Police were also investigating if the boys had uploaded any photo of the act on internet even though they claimed that they deleted the photos. The school authorities have been asked to join the investigation, and the police have been trying to find out if any staff member knew about the alleged harassment.
The girl is being counselled to overcome the trauma while police would speak to her classmates. The parents of the boys would be questioned too.
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