A nine-year-old student of a school in East Delhi was allegedly molested by three senior students in the school bus, thrice between July 27 and August 1, 2018.
The boy in his complaint said that he informed his school teacher about the ‘bad touch’ but she ignored the complaint. He also said that the teacher called him ‘cute’ and said that he may have teased him.
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A case under sections 10 (punishment for aggravated sexual assault) and 21 (punishment for failure to report or record a case) of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered.
The boys who molested the kid were in class seventh , eighth and ninth and the victim was in class fourth.
The boy’s family said they were unaware of the crime until August 1, when he returned home from school and was crying uncontrollably. “When I asked him why he was crying, he locked himself in his room, saying he will talk only to our mother. I called my mother and she rushed home,” the boy’s elder sister said.
The mother said the boy looked terrified and was holding a knife in his hand. “My son said he would commit suicide if we forced him to go to school. I consoled him after which he broke down and told us what had happened,” the woman said.
The sister of the victim alleged that her brother was molested on the school bus on July 27. “There were 16 students besides the teacher and bus staff on the bus. The three boys were seated in the rear. They called my brother and molested him. The other two boys did the same on July 30 and August 1,” she said.
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The family also alleged that the school administration tried to hide the matter, “the school’s vice-principal and teachers tried to hush up the matter and even tried to bribe us in order to not report the matter to police,” the sister said. The school’s chairman refused to say anything further on the case.