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Members of the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) and the Democratic Youth Federation of India staged a protestation extracurricular the All Women Police Station astatine Crime Branch present connected Monday, demanding contiguous apprehension of the teachers booked nether the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.
T. Selvaraj, territory president, DYFI, said though the schoolchildren made intersexual harassment complaints against the teacher, caput and the adjunct caput of the school, the constabulary did not apprehension them.
“How tin the constabulary not apprehension the teachers adjacent aft slapping the POCSO charges against them? If it is simply a trivial matter, apprehension volition not beryllium a mandatory action, but, since it is simply a sedate transgression against minors, volition it not compromise evidence?,” helium asked.
More miss students were studying successful the school, and however could the constabulary guarantee that others would not beryllium affected, helium further asked.
The protesters demanded a judge-led enquiry committee to probe the substance arsenic they suspected that politicians were progressive successful the crime. “Also, extortion should beryllium fixed to the victims and their families to safeguard them from the accused,” they added.
The protesters were detained by the constabulary and aboriginal released successful the evening.
