After Objectionable Remark About Girls’ Dresses A School Principal In MP Booked: Report

A complaint was filed by three girls with Machalpur police station of Rajgarh district. They alleged that the 50-year-old principal of the school Radheshyam Malviya on seeing them in normal clothes and not the school’s uniform, asked them to to take off their dresses. Further, he told them to come in school uniform next time, an official said.

As per the complaint, the girls replied to Malviya that they had not got their school uniforms stitched as school had just started. They assured him they would do the needful soon. However, Malviya still got angry and told them to take off what they were wearing currently. A video of the girls conversation went viral on the internet and in the aftermath many children from the school protested. In the video online, the girls can be heard saying that the principal told them such clothes were "spoiling" the boys.

Schools in many states are slowly reopening after a long hiatus for Secondary and Senior Secondary classes. In MP schools started reopening following COVID protocols for classes 6 to 12 in a phased manner since September 1.

Machalpur police station sub inspector Jitendra Ajnare said “We booked Malviya on Saturday evening under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and IPC provisions for use of force intended to dishonour, insult the modesty of woman by words, gesture etc,”  PTI reported.  Further adding that they are going to record the statement of the three girls in a court. The cops went to the principal’s home to arrest him but we couldn’t find him.

Rajgarh District Education Officer (DEO) BS Bisoriya has said that proper action would be taken in the case once the Machalpur Block Education Officer forwards documents and details of the case to his office the Indian Express reported.