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Over 50 female students of a government school in Jind district have accused their principal of sexual harassment, the Haryana State Commission for Women said Friday as it pulled up the police for their lackadaisical approach to the complaints.
The commission said they had forwarded the complaints from a few female students of the school to the police on September 14 but action was taken only on October 30.
The Haryana police had on Monday booked the school principal, days after he was suspended by the Jind administration over allegations of sexual harassment of a few students.
The Jind police have formed teams to nab the accused, a police official from the district said on Friday, stating that the principal, who is aged around 55 years, is evading arrest.
Speaking to reporters in Panchkula, the State Commission for Women’s chairperson Renu Bhatia said, “We have received 60 written complaints against the principal from the girl students. Out of this, 50 are complaints from girls who stated physical abuse at the hands of the accused. Ten other girls, in their complaint, said they knew the principal was into such things.” Bhatia added that all the complainants were minor.
The victims alleged that the accused used to call them to his office and “indulge in obscene acts”, she said.
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“Initially, we received a complaint on September 13 from some female students and forwarded it to the police the very next day. From September 14 to October 29, there was no action on their end,” Bhatia said, pointing at the “lackadaisical approach” of the Jind police in the matter. “The girls later contacted us again. We spoke to the Superintendent of Police after which an FIR was registered,” she added.
Bhatia also asked why the accused was not arrested immediately once the FIR was registered, which gave him time to abscond.
A woman District Education Officer’s alleged lapse is also being investigated by the commission to find out why she did not act when she received the complaints, Bhatia said.
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