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Teenager gang raped for months in Indian school
NEW DELHI, July 7, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – A teenage girl in India’s eastern
state of Bihar complained she was raped by students and teachers including
principal for over seven months at her school, police said Saturday.
The 13-year-old in her police complaint said she was blackmailed and gang-
raped by the accused for the past seven months.
“The girl in her complaint has mentioned that she was raped for seven
months by 18 people, which include 15 students, two teachers and her school
principal,” a police official said. “The sexual exploitation according to the
victim started in December last year after her father was jailed.”
Police officials investigating the case have arrested a teacher and school
principal, and detained two students for questioning, local media reports
said.
The girl said her ordeal continued until her father was released from
jail, following which she approached the police with the complaint.
“The complaint was registered based on the girl’s statement taken at a
women’s police station,” a police official posted in Chhapra town of Saran
district said. “We are looking out for the others named in the complaint.”
Authorities have taken the girl for medical examination and formed a
medical board in this regard.
Sexual attacks on women and girls in India puts a question mark on their
safety.
In December 2012 a fatal gang-rape of a medical student in New Delhi
brought spotlight on crimes against women in India.
The incident saw huge protests and resulted in new anti-rape laws in the
country. However, brutal sexual attacks against women and girls continue to
be reported across India.
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