THANE: Two four-year-old nursery college students had been allegedly sexually abused by a newly employed sweeper at an English medium college in Thane district.
The 24-year-old accused was arrested on Saturday, however the women’ dad and mom complained that police registered the FIR greater than 12 hours after lodging of criticism, and that too solely after the District Ladies and Youngster Welfare Division intervened within the matter.
Questions have additionally been raised towards the college administration for permitting a male sweeper, who was appointed on Aug 1, to accompany women to the washroom.
The matter got here to gentle on Thursday when one of many women confided in her grandfather concerning the sexual abuse by the college staffer when he would take her and her good friend to the washroom. Her household spoke with the opposite lady’s dad and mom, who instructed them that currently their daughter was scared to go to highschool.
The 2 households then took the four-year-olds for a medical check-up to a non-public physician, who confirmed that the ladies had been sexually abused.
The 2 households approached a neighborhood MNS chief who took them to the police station on Friday at 12.30pm. Nevertheless, the police station in-charge, Shubhada Shitole, as a substitute of recording the dad and mom’ statements and registering an FIR, allegedly made them watch for hours, saying they might first should confirm the declare. Sources claimed {that a} police group visited the college, however had been knowledgeable that the CCTV cameras weren’t functioning for the previous couple of days.
It was solely after the District Ladies and Youngster Welfare Division intervened, police registered a case beneath the Pocso Act previous midnight. On Saturday morning, police additionally bought the ladies’ medical examination carried out at a govt hospital as a non-public medical take a look at just isn’t legitimate in court docket.
Deputy commissioner of police Sudhakar Pathare of Thane police zone 4 confirmed the arrest and mentioned “additional probe is on”, however the police station in-charge who allegedly delayed the FIR registration didn’t reply to TOI’s calls and textual content messages. Upset with the delay in FIR registration, girls and little one welfare division officers mentioned they’ll search motion towards the law enforcement officials involved.
(The sufferer’s identification has not been revealed to guard her privateness as per Supreme court docket directives on instances associated to sexual assault)
