A class V student of Patha Bhavan at Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan was forced to drink her own urine as a punishment for wetting her bed, the child’s parents have alleged in a complaint to the authorities on Sunday. The university has formed a four-member committee to inquire into the incident. The committee has already met once and will submit its report within a week.
According to Poonam Mistry, the student’s mother, a warden of the university’s Karabi hostel had given this punishment when she found that the girl had wet her bed on Saturday. Ms. Mistry said her daughter informed her of the incident over telephone.
Panel formed
“A complaint from the parents of a class V student of Patha Bhavan has been received. The university has formed a four-member fact-finding committee headed by the former dean of student’s welfare,” Amrit Sen, the university spokesperson told The Hindu.
The parents of the girl had tried to create trouble at the university campus, Mr. Sen alleged. University officials claimed that the enraged parents of the child attacked the warden of the university hostel.
The parents said that they had also registered a police complaint in this regard.
NCPCR steps in
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has taken cognisance of the matter. It will seek a report from the State government, member of the Commission, Vinod Kumar Tikoo said. He said he himself had tried to ascertain the facts relating to the incident.
Counsel to media
Referring to certain television channels, where the footage of the student has been shown, Mr. Tikoo urged the media to morph the child’s pictures and not use her name in any report.
Is shantiniketan run by semi civilized subhuman from black hole? not
even cruel animals would do this! this goon belongs to 10000BC.
This is such a shame.
Bedwetting is a curable medical condition. In the USA, thousands of
children have overcome enuresis by using a bedwetting alarm. A example
of one such alarm is the Chummie bedwetting alarm - www.chummie.com
These alarms are FDA registered and clinically proven to cure bed
wetting in weeks.
So sad that this poor girl had to go through this trauma for something
that is not her fault.
Such reports are heard almost everyday from various parts of the country
and probably in the absence of strict actions cruelty is not coming to
an end.May I expect HRD to take up the matter.As for Shantiniketan,I
hope after the truth is found in the Inquiry report they will sack the
accused.Should this happen in Shantiniketan ?Shame !!
[The parents of the girl had tried to create trouble at the university campus, Mr. Sen alleged.]
Oh for shame! It's all rights and no duty nowadays!
Betwetting is a sickness and punishment/fear will increase it. Child in bed dreams she is in bathroom & so urinate...Deep sleep. Homeopathis Kreasotum 30 has helped a lot Worms also is a cause. Cina 30 has worked
Please dont punish and keep her from sleeping.
It is high time that the central government enact suitable laws to provide for very strict punishments to teachers of schools and wardens of hostels who take the law into their own hands and mete out harsh and inhuman punishments to children.Basically humiliation has to be very strictly dealt with including dismissal from service and even a jail term because children could get traumatized by such ill treatment for life.Teachers are not expected to play with the lives of their students.
Unbelievable and outrageous. should not become yet another story that is spoken for sometime and forgotten later.
And media people, please be more sensible and respect the privacy of victims. In your rat race of creating sensationalism , please do not shamelessly throw all humaneness to the wind.
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