17 Students Allegedly Drugged, Molested By School Principal In UP: Cops
NDTV
An FIR in the matter has been filed and five teams have been formed to arrest the accused, the police said.
Seventeen Class 10 girls from Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district have alleged that they were drugged and molested by their school principal and his associate after being asked to stay the night to prepare for "practical exams", which were to be held in another school in the same area, the next day. The incident is from November 18, according to the Uttar Pradesh police.
An FIR in the matter has been filed and five teams have been formed to arrest the accused, the police added.
"We have suspended the station house officer of the police station for negligence on duty. An FIR has been filed and the accused charged under section 328 (outraging the modesty of a woman), 358 (causing hurt by poison), 506 (criminal intimidation) and relevant sections of the POCSO Act," said Muzaffarnagar police chief Abhishek Yadav.
Parents have alleged that their complaint was filed only after the local MLA, Pramod Utwal, intervened.
