Three cases have been registered against the entire staff of a government school in Rajasthan’s Alwar district for the alleged gang rape of three minor girl students. The police gave this information on Wednesday.
Bhiwadi Superintendent of Police Ram Murti Joshi said, “The family of three minor girls studying in the school lodged three FIRs on Tuesday night, alleging gang-rape and molestation against the entire 15 staff. Indian Express,
However, the police is probing the possible angle of harassment of witnesses in the case, as prima facie, the cases appear to be related to an FIR lodged last year against another teacher of the same school.
“On December 17 last year, a teacher of the same school was accused of molesting a Dalit student. The teacher was later arrested, jailed and the police filed a charge sheet in the case. The matter is sub-judice and the accused teacher got bail recently. In the present case all the accused staff members are those who testified as witnesses in the case against the accused teacher. We are also probing the angle of possible witness harassment, as we suspect the involvement of the accused teacher in last year’s case behind the registration of the latest FIR,” Joshi said.
“The latest case cannot be seen in isolation as all the accused are the same who testified against their former colleague. We have reason to believe that the accused teacher had yesterday brought the parents of the girls to the police station for registering an FIR. He did not enter the police station but was waiting outside. We are probing from all angles, including whether any crime has actually been committed,” said SP Joshi.
He said that no one has been arrested so far.
Police said cases have been registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act.
The opposition has criticized the ruling Congress government in the state along with the state government over the incident. BJP President Satish Poonia said in a statement that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot should resign if women are not given a safe environment. Poonia also demanded strict action in the matter.
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