The principal of a school in Navi Mumbai’s Nerul was suspended by the management after parents held a five-hour protest over the lack of action by it in the alleged rape of a teenaged student by a teacher.
The 13-year-old student of the Mahatma Gandhi Mission School was allegedly raped repeatedly by a teacher, Harishankar Shukla. The matter came to light when the girl complained of a stomach ache. Medical tastes revealed that the girl had been repeatedly raped and was pregnant. A case was registered on 29 September.
The school, however, kept the teacher on, despite receiving 18 complaints against him of lewd behaviour from parents, reported Mumbai Mirror.
After the complaint was filed in September, the teacher – who is now absconding – was neither arrested by the police, nor did the school take any action.