Puducherry: The Pondicherry housing board chairman has been accused of sexually assaulting a ninth standard girl. In her statement given to the child welfare committee, the girl accuses the correspondent of her school KSP Ramesh was sexually exploiting her for the last four years. KSP Ramesh is a prominent functionary of ruling NR Congress and present chairman of Pondicherry housing board.
When the harrassment became unbearable, she complained to her parents. When the parents approached the school for getting the transfer certificate, the school correspondent allegedly threatened the parents and refused to give the TC. The girl contacted the child welfare committee whose members registered her statement in the presence of her parents. The committee then forwarded the complaint to the Inspector General of Police and the D Nagar police station seeking immediate action.
Though the police team has recorded the statement they refused to register an FIR. According the sub inspector Nagarajan of D Nagar police station, the girl has given a contradictory statement to the police. "She told us that she gave a wrong complaint to CWC. The girl was suspended from the school earlier and it seems that made her give a wrong complaint against the school correspondent. Anyway we will further enquire into the issue," he said.
Child right activists and student forums allege that the ruling government is using all its influence for the case not to get registered and to dilute the issue because of the strong political background of the accused. A Anand secretary of Student Federation of India said that fair investigation should be conducted on this issue.
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