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3 held for raping students

The principal and two teachers of a school for deaf and dumb in Shimla have been arrested for allegedly raping six girl students aged 14-16 years for over a year.

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The principal and two teachers of a school for deaf and dumb in Shimla have been arrested for allegedly raping six girl students aged 14-16 years for over a year. The trio — Vijay, the acting principal, and Dinesh and Vinod, both teachers — was remanded to police custody on Thursday. Police is still tracking the fourth accused, Amarjit.

“Our sources informed us about the sexual exploitation of girls at Prerna Welfare,” SP RM Sharma said. The school, Prerna Welfare, was set up by an NGO in 2004 to train deaf and dumb children in Braille and other skills. At present, there are 22 inmates in the hostel of which five are day scholars.

The girls also alleged that other girls living in the hostel became victims of sexual harassment in the absence of a warden for the past two months. Besides, the lady cook used to return home at night, the police said.

The institute’s staff said the hostel warden was on maternity leave and there was no one to substitute her. The police have now deputed lady police officers there till the girls’ parents arrive in Shimla.

Meanwhile, forensic experts have collected evidence from the school hostel. The girls will be put through a medical examination but only after taking consent from their parents.

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