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A antheral submitted a petition with Ramanathapuram District Collector Simranjeet Singh Kahlon present connected Monday demanding strict enactment against elder hostel mates who tortured and sexually harassed his 14-year-old son.
The petitioner, a autochthonal of Madurai district, said, his lad had been studying astatine a schoolhouse successful Erwadi portion residing astatine his grandmother’s house. He was past transferred to an aided schoolhouse successful Ramanathapuram territory astir 5 months ago.
“As helium was enrolled successful the school, we were lone capable to spend a authorities hostel for his accommodation,” helium added.
During the past 20 days, ragging by elder hostel mates that began arsenic teasing, blew up into intersexual harassment and torturing the boy, the begetter noted.
The petitioner said that his lad was taken to the bath and was sexually harassed by the seniors who went connected to onslaught his backstage parts.
The petitioner noted that erstwhile helium informed the warden regarding usage of drugs and intoxicant by elder boys wrong the hostel, the warden simply denied the accusation and disconnected the call.
“Until superior enactment is taken against the elder boys and the warden, I volition not let my lad to spell determination again. Even if helium goes determination aft immoderate disciplinary action, I fearfulness that my lad volition beryllium killed,” helium said.
“The elder students who attacked and sexually harassed my lad should beryllium booked nether Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act,” helium added.
When Mr. Simranjeet Singh Kahlon was contacted, helium told The Hindu that arsenic per the preliminary inquiry, since the offence was established, they had removed 3 students from the hostel.
Also, directions person been fixed to initiate disciplinary enactment against the warden who failed to forestall the incident, helium added.
“Since specified events hap precise rarely, we guarantee that done strict actions specified events volition beryllium prevented successful the future,” Mr. Simranjeet Singh Kahlon noted.
