New Delhi: The Delhi government has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the alleged sexual assault of a five-year-old girl in a Shahdara school, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday. He also said that a protocol would be chalked out for all city schools to ensu-re the safety of students.
The five-year-old was allegedly raped by a peon on the premises of the private school in Shahdara on Saturday. The accused, Vikas Kumar, was arrested later at night.
Mr Kejriwal said such incidents won’t be tolerated. “Shameful. Won’t be tolerated. Police doing its job. Ordered magsterial inquiry. Will develop protocol 4 all schools 2 ensure children safety (sic),” he tweeted.
Delhi revenue minister Kailash Gahlot also tweeted about the incident and said that the inquiry report will be submitted in three days. The arrested man, Vikas, had been working in the school for the last three years. Previously, he worked as a security guard there.
He allegedly took the girl inside an empty classroom around noon on Saturday when he was walking in the corridors after handing over lunch boxes to teachers.
Meanwhile, victim’s mother said that no investigation to this matter has taken place as yet. “No investigation has been taking place. Today it happened with my daughter, tomorrow it could happen with anyone,” she added.
Family of the victim has made a shocking claim that the girl had reported the matter to a school teacher who did not pursue it, giving false assurance that she would deal with it. The claim as well as others which range from offering a bribe to them and influencing the staff of the hospital where the child was first taken to, however, have been refuted by the teacher in question and the school management both.
The girl herself, meanwhile, said that when she went to her teacher, complained of pain and said that Vikas had assaulted her, the teacher merely said “Main peetungi usko (I will hit him) and chose nothing to do after that.”
