In another shocking case of rape in Capital, a 6-year-old girl was allegedly raped on Wednesday by an electrician inside the premises of a New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) school in New Delhi District's Gole Market. The electrician, identified as Ram Ashray (37) has been arrested on Thursday and a case has been registered under Protection of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, police said.
The accused was allegedly a permanent electrician with the NDMC school and has been working for the past one and a half to two months.
DCP (New Delhi) Madhur Verma said the child, a Class II student, was allegedly taken to the pump house by the electrician when she was waiting for her elder sister to pick her up. There was no CCTV at the spot of the incident. The accused after committing the crime allegedly slapped the child twice and threatened her not to tell her parents.
On noticing blood stains on her undergarments, the child's mother questioned her and she revealed her ordeal to her parents. The parents then went to the school the following day. The child recognised the accused and he was arrested, the DCP said.
Parents of the students studying in NDMC School held a protest outside the school on Friday and demanded security in its premises and a ban on entry of outsiders.
Even if outsiders are allowed, their identity documents must be checked, the parents said.
The protestors also said school authorities should have informed them about the incident. The parents of a girl, who studies in the school, said they got to know about the incident today and approached the teachers, who could not give satisfactory answers.
“Even parents of students are not allowed inside the school without proper IDs. If the accused was an outsider, as the school authorities are claiming, how did he enter the school without permission or without furnishing an ID,” one of the protestors said.
They expressed apprehensions about the safety of their children inside the school and sought to know whether CCTV cameras were working. “We have seen CCTV cameras at various points inside the school but are they functionalij We have seen many cases earlier where CCTV cameras were installed but were either of low resolution or were not functional,” said another parent.
Some parents said they will not send their daughters by school bus and will pick and drop them. “I will not be sending my daughter by school bus. Who will ensure her safety inside the busij We want a woman conductor to be inside the bus for our daughters' safety,” said another parent.
They also questioned the school's attitude in dealing with such a serious incident. “The principal has been on leave for a week. The head-mistress and the teachers of the school should show more responsibility during this time,” a protester said.