CHANDRAPUR: The superintendent and deputy superintendent of a tribal ladies’ hostel hooked up to an English medium faculty in Rajura the city of Chandrapur have been arrested over the weekend for sexual abuse of ladies.
The arrests have been made after medical tests showed the rape of two ladies, aged nine and 11, who have been admitted to Chandrapur Government Hospital on April 6 for overdose of sedatives. Sources said police recovered condoms and Viagra pills from hostel superintendent Chaban Pachare’s workplace.
Activists said more ladies might had been abused, and alleged that 13 of them had fallen unconscious on April 6. Police said they have bought the names of ladies who had fallen unconscious and feature despatched teams to their homes to document their statements. Sources said the hostel has 300 scholars, including 130 ladies. Pachare was once arrested on Saturday. Hostel deputy superintendent Narendra Virutkar was once arrested on Sunday.
The police and the tribal department swung into action after finance minister and Chandrapur father or mother minister Sudhir Mungantiwar ordered an in depth inquiry into the abuse of teenybopper tribal ladies within the hostel. “We have arrested two staff of the tribal hostel after incriminating subject material was once recovered from the workplace of one of them on the hostel premises,” SP Maheshwar Reddy advised TOI. He said another lady who claimed to have suffered similar bouts of unconsciousness has been despatched for a medical exam.
Social worker and MNS chief Raju Kukde, who met the SP with a delegation, alleged 13 ladies had fallen unconscious on April6.
They have been taken to a local personal clinic in Rajura and treated. However, two of them have been in severe condition and referred to Chandrapur GMCH. During initial exam, the physician discovered a swelling on the personal parts of probably the most ladies and suspected rape. He tipped off the Mardani Mahila Manch, which first raised the issue with the police. The two ladies in clinic, on the other hand, refused to allow a medical exam for just about every week. Finally, a couple of days in the past, docs sedated them with the consent in their folks and carried out a medical exam which showed rape.
Offences beneath IPC Section 376 (a)(b) and Section 4 of the Pocso Act and relevant sections of the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act have been registered.
Social worker Paromita Goswami condemned the incident and said more ladies might had been abused. She interacted with the hostel ladies in Rajura and said the ladies were given the sedative in ORS and other drinks. She said the exploitation were going on probably for over a 12 months. The father of a lady has claimed that his daughter had suffered similar bouts of unconsciousness even two years in the past, she said.
She said the hostel management violated norms through allowing males into the ladies’ hostel at night time and demanded the arrest of warden Neeta Thakre.
The director of the institute which runs the hostel is Congress ex-MLA Subhash Dhote. The hostel management has suspended superintendent Chaban Pachare with quick effect.
The arrests have been made after medical tests showed the rape of two ladies, aged nine and 11, who have been admitted to Chandrapur Government Hospital on April 6 for overdose of sedatives. Sources said police recovered condoms and Viagra pills from hostel superintendent Chaban Pachare’s workplace.
Activists said more ladies might had been abused, and alleged that 13 of them had fallen unconscious on April 6. Police said they have bought the names of ladies who had fallen unconscious and feature despatched teams to their homes to document their statements. Sources said the hostel has 300 scholars, including 130 ladies. Pachare was once arrested on Saturday. Hostel deputy superintendent Narendra Virutkar was once arrested on Sunday.
The police and the tribal department swung into action after finance minister and Chandrapur father or mother minister Sudhir Mungantiwar ordered an in depth inquiry into the abuse of teenybopper tribal ladies within the hostel. “We have arrested two staff of the tribal hostel after incriminating subject material was once recovered from the workplace of one of them on the hostel premises,” SP Maheshwar Reddy advised TOI. He said another lady who claimed to have suffered similar bouts of unconsciousness has been despatched for a medical exam.
Social worker and MNS chief Raju Kukde, who met the SP with a delegation, alleged 13 ladies had fallen unconscious on April6.
They have been taken to a local personal clinic in Rajura and treated. However, two of them have been in severe condition and referred to Chandrapur GMCH. During initial exam, the physician discovered a swelling on the personal parts of probably the most ladies and suspected rape. He tipped off the Mardani Mahila Manch, which first raised the issue with the police. The two ladies in clinic, on the other hand, refused to allow a medical exam for just about every week. Finally, a couple of days in the past, docs sedated them with the consent in their folks and carried out a medical exam which showed rape.
Offences beneath IPC Section 376 (a)(b) and Section 4 of the Pocso Act and relevant sections of the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act have been registered.
Social worker Paromita Goswami condemned the incident and said more ladies might had been abused. She interacted with the hostel ladies in Rajura and said the ladies were given the sedative in ORS and other drinks. She said the exploitation were going on probably for over a 12 months. The father of a lady has claimed that his daughter had suffered similar bouts of unconsciousness even two years in the past, she said.
She said the hostel management violated norms through allowing males into the ladies’ hostel at night time and demanded the arrest of warden Neeta Thakre.
The director of the institute which runs the hostel is Congress ex-MLA Subhash Dhote. The hostel management has suspended superintendent Chaban Pachare with quick effect.
Tribal girls raped in Chandrapur hostel, 2 held
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