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Stripped during ragging, girl wants to quit studies

AGE CORRESPONDENT
Published : Jul 15, 2016, 1:01 am IST
Updated : Jul 15, 2016, 1:01 am IST

Depressed after being ragged by seniors, a Class 11 girl in Jodhpur first tried to take her life, failing which she is quitting studies.

Jennifer Aniston
 Jennifer Aniston

Depressed after being ragged by seniors, a Class 11 girl in Jodhpur first tried to take her life, failing which she is quitting studies. Her seniors, also girls, locked her up in a bathroom and forced her to strip naked.

Initially, the school authorities tried to cover up the incident but after the police registered a case against the five girls under Prevention of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act, one of the accused was suspended and a new inquiry committee was constituted.

“When she (the victim) went to the washroom, she was ragged and they tried to sexually assault her. She was forced to strip naked. After which she was left so threatened and horrified that she refused to go to school,” said Manish Dev, SHO, Pratap Nagar. “The school authorities didn’t take any action and tried to conceal the facts. The girls have been booked under POCSO Act,” he added.

In her letter, the girl said her nightmarish experience gives her sleepless nights, shattering her confidence to face life, like a bad dream she cannot forget. “Everyone talks about the Right to Education but it is linked with the issue of safety. If school administration behaves in such an insensitive manner, how can the girls feel safe What sort of education and values will we get in a school bereft of any morality,” she asked. Further, she talked of quitting studies, feeling unable to face people in the school. “I felt ashamed of myself and tried to commit suicide. I won’t be able to step in that school in fact I think I won’t be able to go to any other school as well. If girls would be subject to such insult and school administration would act in insensitive manner, It is better that I quit studies,” she said.

The incident took place in a private school a week ago following which the victim went into depression and tried to take commit suicide.

She failed and repeatedly refused to go to school, that’s when her parents came to know about it. They counselled her and with their support she decided to fight it out. However, the school authorities flatly refused to accept that such an incident took place.

Location: India, Rajasthan, Jaipur