VIJAYAWADA: A video showing six students of a non-public faculty in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district being paraded bare as a “punishment” for being overdue to university went viral on social media on Thursday.
Authorities at Chaitanya Bharati School pressured the scholars finding out in school III and IV to stand bare outside the school when they got here in overdue on Wednesday. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) filed a grievance in opposition to the school, following which the district administration lodged a police grievance.
Punganuru sub-inspector P Gouri Shankar stated they have booked instructional in-charge Dulam Bhuvaneswari and correspondent Kadiyala Nagaraju Naidu for forcing the scholars to stand outside the school in the solar. “We gained a grievance from Punganuru mandal instructional officer (MEO) Pulluru Leelarani on Thursday,” he stated. The accused have been booked under several sections of the IPC, together with for causing harm, assault and felony intimidation, and phase 75 (cruelty) of Juvenile Justice Act.
There are allegations that even though the problem was once highlighted earlier, the MEO did not start up any action in opposition to the government and acted handiest after Chittoor collector P S Pradyumna ordered an inquiry into it. Chittoor district instructional officer, Ok Panduranga Swamy, has issued orders taking flight the popularity of the school on Thursday.
‘Children should be counselled’
The NCPCR alleged that MEO to start with tried to suppress the subject and demanded that his quick suspension for “colluding with faculty control to hush up the problem.”
Child-rights activist Achyuta Rao, who brought the subject to NCPCR, demanded that children be counselled. He also accused police of lapses as they have now not invoked Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Authorities at Chaitanya Bharati School pressured the scholars finding out in school III and IV to stand bare outside the school when they got here in overdue on Wednesday. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) filed a grievance in opposition to the school, following which the district administration lodged a police grievance.
Punganuru sub-inspector P Gouri Shankar stated they have booked instructional in-charge Dulam Bhuvaneswari and correspondent Kadiyala Nagaraju Naidu for forcing the scholars to stand outside the school in the solar. “We gained a grievance from Punganuru mandal instructional officer (MEO) Pulluru Leelarani on Thursday,” he stated. The accused have been booked under several sections of the IPC, together with for causing harm, assault and felony intimidation, and phase 75 (cruelty) of Juvenile Justice Act.
There are allegations that even though the problem was once highlighted earlier, the MEO did not start up any action in opposition to the government and acted handiest after Chittoor collector P S Pradyumna ordered an inquiry into it. Chittoor district instructional officer, Ok Panduranga Swamy, has issued orders taking flight the popularity of the school on Thursday.
‘Children should be counselled’
The NCPCR alleged that MEO to start with tried to suppress the subject and demanded that his quick suspension for “colluding with faculty control to hush up the problem.”
Child-rights activist Achyuta Rao, who brought the subject to NCPCR, demanded that children be counselled. He also accused police of lapses as they have now not invoked Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
School kids paraded naked as 'punishment' in AP
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