Schoolgirls' molestation case: Madhya Pradesh cop suspended for dereliction of duty

A police official has been suspended for dereliction of duty while registering a case of alleged molestation of some girls in a school in Madhya Pradeshs Dindori district an official saidA priest a nun the principal and a guest teacher of the school in Junwani some 60 kilometres from the district headquarters were booked on March 4 on the complaint of a few girl students that they were beaten up and molested The principal was then arrested officials had said earlierThe school is run by the Jabalpur Diocesan Education Society JDES of the Roman Catholic communityPriyank Kanoongo chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NCPCR met the students and officials on TuesdayAfter the meeting Dindori Superintendent of Police Sanjay Singh said that Samnapur police station incharge Vijay Patle has been suspended for not invoking the SCST Act against the accused principal and releasing himIn a series of tweets from his official handle Kanoongo said that the organisation where children were allegedly sexually abused was getting funding from the governmentThe government money was being taken in the name of 4 different hostels on the same campus and fees were also being collected from the children he saidHe claimed that evidence of conversion was also found in the institutionAlso Read Mumbai Police issues preventive orders for property owners shares guidelinesPolice have also registered a case against 10 Gondwana Gantantra Party GGP leaders for obstructing a public servant from discharging his duty said Kotwali police station incharge C K SirameThe NCPCR chairman said that the GGP leaders including Radheshyam Kakodia created ruckus at the governmentrun onestop centre where the girls had been kept surrounded the police station and took away the accused besides making the name of the girls public and attempting their character assassinationThe district administration has started the process of suspension of two block education officers while the Additional District Magistrate ADM will investigate the financial scam Kanoongo saidEarlier the SP had informed that the 40yearold principal and 35yearold guest teacher were booked on the night of March 4 under section 354 assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty of the Indian Penal Code the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act and Juvenile Justice Care and Protection of Children ActThe caretaker of the school who is a 40yearold priest has been booked for overlooking the complaints of the girls while the nun 35 has been charged with beating the girls Only the principal has been arrested as yet the SP had saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever