2 girls abused in Kolkata, Jharkhand schools; principal, teachers arrested

kolkata — Shocking people across India, two minor girls were sexually abused in two schools in Kolkata and Jharkhand’s Koderma, allegedly by a principal and two teachers, with all three being arrested on Friday.

A school principal was booked on the charge of raping a six-yearold girl student in Jharkhand’s Koderma district, police said.

According to police, S. Xavier, principal of Tilaiya Public School, was arrested after the girl’s father filed a complaint against him at the Tilaiya police station.

The principal allegedly raped the girl in the school’s washroom on November 29. When she cried out for help, he offered her a chocolate.

The girl informed her mother after reaching home.

Xavier, a resident of Kolkata, has been charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act. He was produced in court and sent to judicial custody. The medical test of the girl will be done on Saturday.

In Kolkata, a four-year-old girl was sexually abused inside a school, triggering angry protests on Friday and leading to the arrest of two teachers.

Angry guardians were seen protesting at the high-profile GD Birla Centre For Education in south Kolkata’s Ranikuthi area since morning after the parents of the girl and doctors said she was sexually abused by a teacher and perhaps more men.

Police arrested two physical education teachers on the basis of the complaint.

“Two physical education teachers, Abhishek Roy and M. Mofizuddin, of the school have been arrested. Both would be produced before a court on Saturday,” Joint Commissioner of Kolkata Police, Crime, Vishal Gurg said.

The victim’s father said the girl was profusely bleeding when she returned from school on Thursday evening. She was rushed to a hospital later where a number of medical test was conducted on her. —