INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Police are questioning the staff members at the Dehradun boarding school.Dehradun: A Class 10 student of a boarding school in Dehradun was
allegedly gang-raped by her seniors last month and the staff tried to conceal the crime
Four students have been detained and five officials, including the principal, administrator and hostel caretaker have been arrested.The
girl, who lived in the hostel, reportedly revealed to her older sister that she was raped after she fell sick
It was found out later that she was pregnant.The 16-year-old told her family that on August 14, a day before Independence Day, she was
called to a store room for preps for an event and assaulted. "The school management tried to suppress the case
The girl says she reported the case to the ayah the same day
But they tried to dissuade her to report
After a month, the crime has come to the knowledge of police," Additional Director General of Police Ashok Kumar told
TheIndianSubcontinent.School officials are accused of trying to terminate the girl's pregnancy by giving her drinks mixed with drugs.The
girl reportedly named three to four Class 12 boys of the school.The sisters stayed together in the school's boarding facility
Their parents allegedly had frequent fights and rarely visited them.Soon after the rape was revealed, the family went to the school with the
police and child welfare officials
The police had the girl record her statement with a Sub-Divisional Magistrate.Police are questioning the staff at the school and the
boarding facility.(With inputs from ANI)
