Class 8 boy sexually assaulted at Faridabad govt school, two held
Gurugram, April 26 -- A 12-year-old boy, a student of Class 8 of a government senior secondary school in Faridabad, alleged he was sexually assaulted by two of his classmates and a senior student in two instances over the past week, police said on Saturday. An FIR has been filed against the three perpetrators, and the two classmates have been apprehended, they said.
Officers aware of the case said the identity of the senior student, a Class 10 student, was yet to be established. Police said the boy was first sexually assaulted by the senior last week and then again on Wednesday by his classmates. The two apprehended will be produced before the Juvenile Justice Board.
Inspector Braham Parkash, station house officer of Saran police station, said the police were apprised of the issue by the boy's parents after he refused to attend school on Thursday and complained of abdominal pain. "After being repeatedly asked by the parents, he shared the ordeal suffered twice in the school within a week. The parents immediately approached police for legal action," he said. An FIR was registered under sections 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault), 10 (aggravated sexual assault) and 16 (abetment) of the POCSO Act.
Inspector Parkash said there was no CCTV camera on the premises and no staff or student had corroborated the complaint. "We have urged the school authorities to carry out internal inquiry. and also help us in ascertaining the identity of the Class 10 student." According to the boy's statement, he can identify the student by face but did not know his name.
The school principal said they were in constant touch with the victim and police.
Faridabad child welfare committee chairperson Santosh Vats said the minor was in a terrified state....
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