The four-year-old student was sexually assaulted after two physical education teachers lured her in a washroom on the school premises.
Days after the sexual assault of the 4-year-old at Kolkata's prestigious GD Birla school sparked massive outrage, the West Bengal Commission for the Protection of Child Rights today said that the institution will face legal action over the abrupt shutdown.
The development comes after the GD Birla Centre of Education on Sunday put up a notice outside its main entry that the school is going to be closed down for indefinite period.
On Monday, Members of West Bengal Commission for the Protection of Child Rights visited the school even as the parents continued to protest for fourth consecutive day.
“Management can't just shut the school like this. Child Rights’ commission is the nodal body for the implementation of Right to Education (RTE). There was a test which was supposed to start today. We will initiate legal action against them. We will talk to state education minister Partha Chatterjee as well,” said Ananya Chakraborty, chairperson of the commission.
She also said that it was the question of 7,000 students of the school and it is the question of their future. She also said that the principal of the school should be arrested.
“We have written to the commissioner and joint commissioner of Kolkata Police saying that not only should the principal be arrested but she should be booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act,” she added.
Chakraborty said that the commission which was like a civil court would sent summons to the school management and some of the guardians and would hear the case at the commission.
Soumitra Roy, another member of the commission who was also present there, said, “It is not about parents. Students should apprehending trouble, heavy police posting has been deployed in front of the school.
Guardians too, said that they wanted school to reopen. “We never said that the school should be shut. There were examinations to begin today. Form filling for the board examinations was also on. Student should not suffer or be inconvenienced,” said mother of a Class IX student of the school.
Victim’s father was also present at the school on Monday morning said that he was lucky to have his child back alive.
“We have seen that in most of the cases, the victim is killed to eliminate evidence. We shudder to think what could have possibly happened. We are fortunate that at least my child is alive,” he said.
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