Mass rape of school girls in Haryana
Jind
(Haryana): In what could be termed as one of the worst heinous acts
in recent times, seventeen school girls of standard eight and nine were
raped by their teachers for the last eight months in Durjanpur near Jind
in Haryana. Reports carried by a private news channel stated that the
incident came to light when one of the girl studying in class nine got
pregnant and told her parents of the atrocities meted out to her. Two
other girls also had got pregnant, but the teachers had forcibly got abortions
done. In the case of the third girl, the teacher reportedly approached
the family and offered them Rs 1.5 lakh to get the child aborted. But
the parents refused and called a mahapanchayat (village committee meet)
where other sixteen girls came forward and revealed that they too had
been raped by their teachers. Now, the extremely conservative community
of Jats is furious and has threatened to kill the two accused teachers
if the administration fails to take any swift action against them. The
two accused teachers who taught Mathematics and Physical Education at
the Durjanpur Senior Secondary School are now absconding. The parents
of the girl child who were initially reluctant to report to police have
now lodged an FIR in the Durjanpur police station. S D M Mohammad Shahin,
Durjanpur police station in-charge told the channel that "as per the information,
father of one of the girls has come forward and lodged an FIR at the police
station. The FIR has been lodged under Section 676 B." The Haryana Government
has swung into action and has suspended seven members of the staff including
the two accused teachers and the principal. Ajit Singh Sangwan, Joint
Director of Education Haryana while expressing his dismay at the incident
said that "they would do all in their power to apprehend the teachers
and punish them,' and informed that "all the teachers of the school are
being transferred and a brand new staff is being brought in."
- Feb 8, 2006
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