CLASS 10 STUDENT GANG-RAPED BY SCHOOLMATES; STAFF TRIES TO TERMINATE PREGNANCY

A class 10 student of a boarding school in Dehradun was allegedly gang-raped by four of her schoolmates. The school staff tried to cover up the matter and allegedly even tried to terminate her pregnancy.

Four Class XII students and five officials of the school, including the director and principal have been arrested, said the police. The students have been produced before the Juvenile Justice Board, while the school officials have been charged with attempt to conceal the crime. 

The girl, who lived in the boarding school, told her sister about the incident. It was found later that she was pregnant. "It's a month-old incident and has come to light only now. The school authorities were trying to suppress the matter," Uttarakhand Additional Director General of Police Ashok Kumar was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

The issue came to light after a team of the Uttarakhand State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (USCPCR) met the girl. Subsequently, an FIR was registered in the case.

According a report in the Times of India, medicated drinks were given to the girl by the school administrator and his wife, in an attempt to terminate her pregnancy. The “girl was also taken to a nursing home for abortion by school officials,” said USCPCR chairperson Usha Negi.