Hyderabad child rape case: Telangana govt closes school

After the principal's arrest in Hyderabad's DAV Public School rape case, the Telangana government has decided to derecognise the school.

In Hyderabad's DAV Public School, a four-year-old student was allegedly got raped by the principal's driver who was arrested on Tuesday after the parents complained against him. Later on, the principal also got arrested in the case. Finally, the Telangana government derecognised the school on Friday.

After the incident, education minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy ordered the Hyderabad District Education Officer to cancel the recognition of the school.

The Education Minister further added that a special team will be formed under the Director of Education, Women and Child Welfare with a DGI level officer to ensure no such incident occurs again, informed the officials, as reported by MSN.

The announcement evoked a mixed response on Twitter as many wondered about the future of other students in the middle of the academic year. However, to ensure that the education of the other students remains unaffected, the minister has directed DEO to make arrangements for these students to shift to other recognized schools.

The background

In this shocking incident, the four-year-old kindergarten student was reportedly assaulted for two months. When the parents noticed a change in the behaviour of the kid, the mother talked to the child and got to know about the abuse. 

The principal's driver is booked under Section 376 AB (rape of a woman under the age of 12 years) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 6 read with 5 (m) of the POCSO Act and the principal is booked under Section 21 (failure to report or record a case) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

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