NCPCR hauls up Haryana in school sex abuse case

 GURGAON:The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights ( NCPCR) has issued notices to the Haryana Police and the state education department after two women employees of a prominent Gurgaon school were arrested for sexually abusing a Class III student for past one year.

Setting a timeframe of seven days to file replies, letters were issued to Haryana director general of police and director-cum-special secretary of directorate of secondary education on May 23. The commission has recommended the police to book the accused under relevant sections of the Protection of (II) Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012. The DGP has been asked to ensure that the minor girl gets medical care, treatment and counselling. It has also been recommended that the girl and her family get assistance from Child Welfare Committee (CWC) for care, protection and rehabilitation.

The police have been asked to provide adequate security and protection to the victim and family members and ensure that she is not intimated by the accused directly or indirectly. Moreover, police have been asked to see that victim gets legal aid as well as compensation under the victim compensation scheme through District Legal Aid Service Authority. The chief of directorate of secondary education has been asked to provide the details of actions taken in the matter against the principal and teachers of the school. Besides that it has also been asked to provide the measures taken so far to stop such incidents of abuse from happening in the future in schools. The education department would have to provide details on directives issued to schools in this regard as well as on surveillance system put in place in schools.  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/NCPCR-hauls-up-Haryana-in-school-sex-abuse-case/articleshow/20256046.cms