Ranchi school asks 6-year-old rape survivor to drop out

The child and her brother were sexually abused by a minor boy from the neighbourhood.

In a shameful incident, a private school in Ranchi allegedly asked a 6-year-old rape survivor to dropout of her classes as they ‘did not want any trouble’.

The child’s stepmother who went to receive her kids from the school was shocked when the Principal requested her to pull her daughter out of the school on grounds that she was a rape victim, provoking an hour-long argument.

According to a report in The Indian Express, the child and her 9-year-old brother were sexually abused by a minor boy from the neighbourhood, who would frequent their house with the ruse of helping them with their studies. The accused was arrested in 2015 after an FIR was registered against him by the children’s father, but is currently out on bail.

Wondering if people with such narrow view should be in teaching profession, the child’s father, a vegetable vendor, revealed that the Principal referred to a previous incident in the school where a senior boy was allegedly involved in another rape case, and said that the school ‘did not want any trouble again.’

“What is the connection between that boy and my daughter ” asked the father.

Following the incident, some local women from the girl’s neighbourhood attempted to register their protest with the Principal Reena Kumari, who remained inaccessible. However, the school authorities later claimed that no such request was made and that the whole incident was just product of confusion.

Clarifying that he did not want to create a fuss, the child’s father said “I only want my daughter to get a good education.”