An apolitical organisation set up to seek justice for a sexually-abused nursery student of a private school on Tuesday said it has doubts on the fairness of the investigation for two reasons: the delay in completing the investigation and the presence of retired police officers at the helm of affairs of the school.
‘Not booked’
Vidya Dinker, Reni D’Souza and U.H. Umar, members of Justice for Baby Nirbhaya, told presspersons here that despite the victim’s mother specifically complaining against the school, the police did not book the authorities under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 for their alleged lapses in the case.
The girl was reportedly sexually abused by the van driver on March 13 while dropping her home at Ullal.
The organisation has nothing do with either the school or the police, but its aim was only to create public awareness about the seriousness of such incidents, Mr. Umar said.
The lapses on the part of the school were apparent, he said.
Ms. Dinker alleged that the police inspector who was investigating the case, had earlier taken a soft stand against her senior officer in a case of sexual harassment at workplace registered by a junior police officer.
The same senior police officer, after retirement, was made the correspondent of the school, she said, adding that the inspector might not be able to do justice in the case.
The only demand of the organisation was that the police department should impartially investigate the case and initiate action against the guilty, Mr. D’Souza said.
‘The lapses on the part of the school were apparent’
