Days after two eight-year-old girls were sexually assaulted by an unidentified man in an East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC)-run school Delhi Police has detained a man. The incident had happened on April 30 after the school assembly.
Police said no CCTV camera was installed at the entrance of the school and on the premises. East Delhi Mayor Shyam Sunder Aggarwal said that a lapse has happened and a probe has been ordered.
The police team had made a sketch of the accused and checked the CCTV footage of nearby areas as there were no CCTV cameras installed in the school.
Earlier, two men were detained on the basis of the sketch, but they were let go. Now, police have detained another man who bears close resemblance to the man in the sketch.
Meanwhile, security at the school remained lax with no one manning the entrance even as the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has written to the EDMC seeking details of the action taken.
The DCPCR, in its letter to Nidhi Malik, Director (Education), EDMC, said it has taken suo-motu cognizance of media reports on the matter.
"The school authorities did not disclose the incident to the police authorities which is a clear violation of Section 19 of the POCSO Act, 2012. Therefore, the nonchalance reflected in the behaviour of the school authorities is a serious transgression of this Act and shows their lackadaisical attitude towards such traumatising incidents," the panel
said.
"Considering the seriousness of the matter, the commission would like to have a detailed report on the subject on or before May 9," the panel said.
In a notice issued to the SHO of Bhajanpura police station, the DCPCR sought a detailed action-taken report on the matter by May 12.