Malad molestation: We helped parents file plaint: School
DNA
February 26, 10:30 IST
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Mumbai: The management of a Malad-based franchise of a popular chain of preschools has helped the parents of a three-year-old child, who was allegedly molested in the school bus, to file a case against the bus cleaner.
A spokesperson for the school said, “It is an unfortunate incident. We have a lady attendant who takes care of kids throughout. In this case, the cleaner and the lady attendant were both handed over to the police for questioning immediately.”
Saying that they are happy that the child cried foul, she added, “This is the only way for us to know, so we can isolate and discipline the miscreants whom the children call ‘uncle’ and ‘bhaiyya’.”
She also said that this was not an isolated incident, and that the more and more children are falling prey to perverts, which is disturbing. “That apart, child transport is becoming as much an everyday horror for schools as it is for parents,” she added.
The school has also added that several steps will be taken to ensure that such incidents don’t take place again in the future.
“We do not want to make tall promises. But we have evaluated the situation and will be issuing a statement in the next two days on what steps and actions we will be taking to ensure kids don’t go through such trauma,” the spokesperson said.
The school has come out with awareness programmes for the children, so they can differentiate between “good” touch and “bad” touch.
The management refused to go into the case in depth, as it is still being investigated by the police.
