The police have registered a criminal case and started investigation against two nuns in-charge of a school hostel at Jellippara in Attappady for beating up a 15-year-old tribal inmate for arriving late.
According to Agali sub-inspector S. Subin, a first information report was prepared on the basis of a complaint lodged by the school student and cases had been registered against nuns Anija and Jaya Rose, in-charge of the girls hostel of Mount Carmel Higher Secondary School for beating up the tribal girl, who arrived late after visiting her parents in a tribal settlement located a little away.
The girl, who was produced before the District Child Welfare Committee in Palakkad on Wednesday at the instance of Kerala Mahila Samakhya Society, told the investigators that she went home last week as instructed by the school authorities for collecting money to pay for annual excursion from the school. She said she came to the hostel after 6 p.m. because of the delay on the part of parents in sourcing the required amount. She said the nuns had showered abusive words apart from beating her up.
Mahila Samakhya Society State coordinator P.E. Usha said the agency was getting similar complaints from different tribal regions across the State. She said no hostel authority could beat up child inmates and such incidents were an infringement on child and tribal rights.
