Jaipur: a day later Jhunjhunu Police 31 year old principal of government school arrested Rajasthan Rajasthan For allegedly raping a Class VII girl, police on Saturday arrested two female teachers for their alleged involvement in destruction of evidence.
Police said that the girl has confessed this to her two female teachers posted in the same school. She shared her ordeal with them, and also showed a series of lewd messages sent by the principal.
“Two teachers forced the girl to delete messages from her phone to save the principal. It tantamounts to destruction of evidence and we arrested them today (Saturday),” said an official, adding that both the teachers were aware of the principal’s horrific acts but tried to cover up the matter.
“Both the teachers came to know about the matter only on October 9. We had already arrested the principal on Friday morning and later arrested the teachers too,” said district SP Manish Tripathi.
Sources said they are also probing the allegation that the teachers had threatened the girl. “Preliminary investigation indicates that the principal was harassing the girl and sending her messages. He had alerted two of his teachers, but they did not take any action.
Meanwhile, the principal was arrested on Friday after an FIR was registered against him at the local police station. The police claimed that the accused raped his student on October 5 and threatened her not to speak about the matter.
district head of child welfare committee Archana Chaudhary said that as soon as CWC On learning about the matter, he sent a team to counsel the girl and alerted the senior police officers of Jhunjhunu.
Assistant Director Child Rights Priya Chaudhary said that the girl and her family were afraid to go to the police station. “The girl saw the child helpline number 1098 on her textbook and informed about the incident. Prompt action was taken and two women counselors met him immediately,” she said.
(The identity of the victim has not been disclosed to protect her privacy) Supreme court Instructions on matters relating to sexual harassment)
Police said that the girl has confessed this to her two female teachers posted in the same school. She shared her ordeal with them, and also showed a series of lewd messages sent by the principal.
“Two teachers forced the girl to delete messages from her phone to save the principal. It tantamounts to destruction of evidence and we arrested them today (Saturday),” said an official, adding that both the teachers were aware of the principal’s horrific acts but tried to cover up the matter.
“Both the teachers came to know about the matter only on October 9. We had already arrested the principal on Friday morning and later arrested the teachers too,” said district SP Manish Tripathi.
Sources said they are also probing the allegation that the teachers had threatened the girl. “Preliminary investigation indicates that the principal was harassing the girl and sending her messages. He had alerted two of his teachers, but they did not take any action.
Meanwhile, the principal was arrested on Friday after an FIR was registered against him at the local police station. The police claimed that the accused raped his student on October 5 and threatened her not to speak about the matter.
district head of child welfare committee Archana Chaudhary said that as soon as CWC On learning about the matter, he sent a team to counsel the girl and alerted the senior police officers of Jhunjhunu.
Assistant Director Child Rights Priya Chaudhary said that the girl and her family were afraid to go to the police station. “The girl saw the child helpline number 1098 on her textbook and informed about the incident. Prompt action was taken and two women counselors met him immediately,” she said.
(The identity of the victim has not been disclosed to protect her privacy) Supreme court Instructions on matters relating to sexual harassment)
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