Dehradun: A school reportedly refused admission to a 16-year-old girl, who was allegedly gangraped two months ago in a boarding school on the outskirts of the city.
The school authorities allegedly stated that “a rape victim could not be admitted”.
In the last week of September, the girl’s parents were visiting several CBSE schools in Dehradun to get the girl an admission in Class X. However, while many schools denied her admission (based on the girl’s performance in studies, and other reasons), a school in the city denied admission stating that it couldn’t give admission to a rape victim.
“The victim was finally given admission in a school in another city.
The girl was allegedly gangraped by four boys in the premises of the boarding school she was earlier enrolled in. The incident surfaced September 16 following which, three of the four boys, were sent to a juvenile correction home in Haridwar, and five members of the school administration and staff along with one rape accused adult boy were sent to Dehradun district jail in Sudhowala.
Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police said, “We spoke to the victim’s family. The victim was quite weak in studies, so it is understandable that many schools would have denied her admission. But, we are getting the matter probed where a particular school (allegedly) denied admission to the girl stating that she was a rape victim.”
The CBSE had cancelled the affiliation of the school where the gangrape had taken place.
Agencies