Taking serious note of inaction on part of the Delhi Government and Delhi Police, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Delhi Government and Delhi Police.
The NHRC issued noticed after it received reports of inaction in a case of sexual assault of two blind students and sought a report from them within two weeks.
According to an official statement released on Monday, the notices have been issued to the Secretary, Department of Social Welfare, Government of NCT of Delhi and Delhi Police Commissioner calling for reports within two weeks.
The notices were issued after the commission took suo motu cognizance of a media report that police is yet to register an FIR in connection with the alleged sexual assault of two blind students by their teacher on Children’s Day 2013 in Delhi. They were studying in Class III.
According to a media report, the incident had happened at the Institution for the Blind in Amar Colony in Delhi last year on November 14, 2013. “The victim boys were residents of the institution’s hostel. They, with the help of their classmates, wrote to the Vice Principal about the incident but the Institute appeared to have hushed up the matter. Police was called but nothing was done except issuing a showcause notice to the teacher, who is also visually impaired,” the statement said.
Nine months after the incident, the school authorities finally filed a complaint on the matter as the alleged perpetrator had signed a confession statement and two School Committees had also indicted him, the statement added.
The commission has observed that the contents of the media report, if true, raises serious issue of violation of human rights of the children.