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

  • | Thursday | 18th October, 2018

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.

DEHRADUN: Some of the very famous schools in Dehradun have denied admission to a class X girl who was allegedly gang-raped by four other students at a boarding school in the state capital last month, claimed the survivor’s advocate.Advocate Aruna Negi Chauhan , the survivor’s lawyer, said, "The CBSE itself had given us the list of schools to be approached to seek admission. 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."Her parents had completed all the formalities and were having lunch at the school itself when an official suddenly informed them that the girl cannot be admitted since she was a rape victim," Chauhan said.The girl’s parents have lodged a complaint with the local police.Chauhan said she has sent written complaints against the school to Dehradun SSP Nivedita Kukreti, CBSE, education department as well the chief minister and education minister, but is yet to hear from them. "I sent formal complaints against the school on Tuesday seeking the cancellation of the school’s affiliation, but I am yet to hear from the authorities," she said.When contacted, Dehradun SSP Nivedita Kukreti told TOI, "Though we have not received any formal complaint yet, we found out by speaking to the relatives of the survivor that a private school has denied her admission. 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."An official from the CBSE said that they had helped the family of the survivor in every way. "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. The matter was reported in September when the girl got pregnant. Police investigation revealed how brazenly the school management, including the principal and the school director, tried to cover up the matter.The principal and the school director were among five school officials arrested for trying to destroy evidence. Four of the students who were accused of raping the girl were also arrested and produced before the Juvenile Justice Board, which sent them to a juvenile home in Haridwar.

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