Dehradun schools deny admission to 16-year-old rape victim

Dehradun | Thursday | 18th October, 2018

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However, when we went to the schools, all of them said that they cannot admit students in the middle of the semester. "The biggest shock came when the family approached one of the schools in the city, which turned them away citing the girl’s past. "We had proposed a number of schools to them where the girl could get admission and facilitated some of the meetings as well," said the official.The 16-year-old was allegedly raped in a residential school in Dehradun in August. "An official from the CBSE said that they had helped the family of the survivor in every way. We are taking legal opinion on the matter and our team will visit the school in question to investigate the charges levelled by the girl’s family..