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Teacher strips girl in co-ed classroom

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June 29, 2012

Kolkata, June 29: A teacher of a co-ed government school in Gaighata in North 24-Parganas took off the leggings of a 13-year-old girl in the classroom on Wednesday because she was not in proper uniform. The girl wept and pleaded but the teacher allegedly did not return it even after school was over, forcing her to walk home in a semi-clad state.

Headmaster Swapan Bala dismissed it as a "minor incident". "We came to know of it only a day later. It is not a serious matter. Some people are unnecessarily making an issue out of it. The teacher has apologized. We shall take a final decision on Friday," Bala said on Thursday.

The accused teacher was allowed to get away by submitting a written apology to the managing committee of the school. And the girl's father was made to submit another document to police, stating that the matter "had been sorted out" and he doesn't want to press charges against the teacher.

Education minister Bratya Basu has ordered an inquiry by the district inspector of schools, North 24-Parganas. "If the teacher is found guilty, action will be taken against her," Basu said.

The girl is still traumatized and refuses to get out of her room. Even her classmates are so shocked that they complained to their parents, who staged a demonstration outside the school on Thursday.

The incident occurred at Berigopalpur Adarsha High School in Gaighata, about 65km from Kolkata. Three girls of Class VII turned up in school without the proper uniform. One of them had leggings under her skirt. The other teachers did not mind but the accused teacher pulled them up during her class. She had apparently warned the students earlier that she wanted them to come in uniform.

"When she scolded me, I explained that I was absent on Monday and Tuesday and did not know that she had warned the class. But she got extremely angry and tore my leggings in front of everybody. I cried out in shame. She then sent all three of us out of the class. When school was over, I begged to her to return the leggings but she refused. I had to walk back home in that state," the girl told TOI.

The girl's father lodged a complaint at Gaighata police station on Thursday after which the officer-in-charge went to the school. By then, the parents' agitation had started. Managing committee secretary Basudeb Ghosh and headmaster Swapan Bala convened a meeting with police and the teacher. The teacher refuted the charges initially but confessed after the girl was summoned and asked to narrate the incident.

"We have received a written undertaking from her that such incidents won't be repeated. It was a shameful act. We shall meet again on Friday. If the teacher is found to be guilty, she will be punished," Ghosh said. "We had lodged a general diary. Later in the day, the girl's father told us that the matter had been sorted out and he does not want to press charges against the teacher," police said.

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April 24,2020

Thane, Apr 24: A 34-year-old man was allegedly attacked on suspicion of being a COVID-19 patient and died after falling into a gutter during the assault in Kalyan town of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday.

The incident took place on Wednesday morning, when Ganesh Gupta had stepped out of his home to purchase some essentials amid the COVID-19 lockdown, an official said.

On noticing some policemen manning the street, the victim took an alternate route, where a few passersby assaulted him after he coughed while walking, he said.

The men suspected him of being a COVID-19 patient and attacked him, causing him to fall into a gutter and die, the official said.

The deceased's body was sent for post-mortem and a case of accidental death has been registered as of now, the station house officer of the Khadakpada police station said.

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July 28,2020

Noida, Jul 28: A doctor admitted at a private hospital in Noida has been accused of sexually harassing a patient in his isolation ward, where both were undergoing treatment for COVID-19, the police said.

The 20-year-old woman, in her complaint to the police, alleged that the incident took place on Monday and based on that a case was filed at the local expressway police station, they said.

A senior police official said an investigation is underway and there might be lapses on part of the hospital which allegedly admitted a man and a woman in the same isolation ward, in violation of the norms.

The woman and the doctor had tested positive for coronavirus last week, according to officials.

"The woman was in the isolation ward of the private hospital. There was a man, a medical practitioner, who too was infected with coronavirus and was sharing the ward with her," Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Noida, Ranvijay Singh said.

He said the woman alleged molestation and upon being informed, the police immediately lodged a case and initiated a probe into the matter.

"There appears to be some irresponsibility on part of the hospital too. We are communication with the medical departments to check whether the patients were being kept in accordance with the guidelines," Mr Singh said.

He said the accused is still in isolation but the police will reach out for his statement following due protocols of COVID-19.

"All necessary action will be taken as per the truth that will emerge after a thorough investigation," Mr Singh said.

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July 25,2020

Tikamgarh, Jul 25: Promise of providing housing to the poor has been made by both Centre as well as State governments but a Dalit family in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh is forced to live in a toilet for the last several years.

However, the administration denied that the family is living in the toilet.

Maganlal Ahirwar, his wife and four children live in Keshavgarh Gram Panchayat of Mohangarh area of Tikamgarh district. All of them have been living in the toilet for four years. Ahirwar's wife Phula Devi said she told the authorities several times that her family didn't get house under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, but no one listened. The couple even got their daughter married in the same toilet.

They even got an electricity connection and gas connection under the Ujjwala scheme.

Mohangarh tehsildar Dr. Abhijeet Singh told media persons, "I got to know about the case and have asked for the report. Maganlal Ahirwar came to the office two-three days ago and denied that he was living in the toilet with his family. He has an ancestral house in the village."

He might have lived in a toilet earlier but currently he is not living there, Dr. Singh added.

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