A Class VI girl at a Central school was allegedly disrobed by fellow students and later made to sing and dance for a hostel prefect. The girl was so traumatized by the severe bullying that her parents were forced to seek her transfer certificate and enroll her in a village school.
The victim, Rupali Mohapatra (name changed), alleged that some of her classmates at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Mundulihas near Cuttack stripped her because she was not wearing the school uniform. She pleaded with her tormentors that it was her first day at school and she was also running a high temperature, but to no avail.
After returning to the hostel, a prefect asked her to sing and dance. The prefect, along with some other senior students, forced her to do their bidding, threatening her that she would be subjected to more harassment if she disobeyed them. Unable to bear the bullying, the girl called up her father the following day and pleaded with him to take her home.
"The incident happened on July 12, the very day my daughter joined the residential school. On July 13, I brought her back. I first thought she was depressed because she had fever. It was only later that she narrated her harrowing experience," Rupali's father, Sukanta Mohapatra, said. "My innocent child was traumatized and refused to go back to the school. So I sought a transfer certificate," he added.
The aggrieved father has asked the school authorities to probe the case and also written to the chief minister, the higher education minister and the collector.
He, however, has not filed a police complaint. "I don't want the students to be punished because they are kids. I just want that such incidents must not be repeated. No other child should suffer the mental agony my daughter went through," Mohapatra, a teacher by profession, said.
School authorities have, however, denied the charges. "The allegations of harassment are baseless. No such incident occurred in the school. Many students are unable to cope with hostel life and cook up such stories to go back home. Every year we come across such cases, but no one ever made such nasty allegations," principal S B Rao said. He even denied receiving any letter from the student's father.
Mohapatra said, "My daughter is a talented student and cherished the dream to study in Navodaya Vidyalaya because it is the best school in our area. Why should she cook stories?"
Source:Times of India
The victim, Rupali Mohapatra (name changed), alleged that some of her classmates at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Mundulihas near Cuttack stripped her because she was not wearing the school uniform. She pleaded with her tormentors that it was her first day at school and she was also running a high temperature, but to no avail.
After returning to the hostel, a prefect asked her to sing and dance. The prefect, along with some other senior students, forced her to do their bidding, threatening her that she would be subjected to more harassment if she disobeyed them. Unable to bear the bullying, the girl called up her father the following day and pleaded with him to take her home.
"The incident happened on July 12, the very day my daughter joined the residential school. On July 13, I brought her back. I first thought she was depressed because she had fever. It was only later that she narrated her harrowing experience," Rupali's father, Sukanta Mohapatra, said. "My innocent child was traumatized and refused to go back to the school. So I sought a transfer certificate," he added.
The aggrieved father has asked the school authorities to probe the case and also written to the chief minister, the higher education minister and the collector.
He, however, has not filed a police complaint. "I don't want the students to be punished because they are kids. I just want that such incidents must not be repeated. No other child should suffer the mental agony my daughter went through," Mohapatra, a teacher by profession, said.
School authorities have, however, denied the charges. "The allegations of harassment are baseless. No such incident occurred in the school. Many students are unable to cope with hostel life and cook up such stories to go back home. Every year we come across such cases, but no one ever made such nasty allegations," principal S B Rao said. He even denied receiving any letter from the student's father.
Mohapatra said, "My daughter is a talented student and cherished the dream to study in Navodaya Vidyalaya because it is the best school in our area. Why should she cook stories?"
Source:Times of India
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