17 School Students Sedated And Molested In Muzzafarnagar: Ten Things To Know

17 school students molested in UP: In a school at Muzaffarnagar, 17 students allegedly fell unconscious after being drugged. Upon waking up they realised that they had been taken advantage of. When the girls told their parents what had happened, they approached the police to take action. But it took nearly 16 days to file a complaint. On December 6, one of the accused, the owner of the school where these students studied, was finally arrested.

Another accused in the case is the principal of the school where the girls were molested and drugged. It is being alleged that the two accused threatened the survivors not to say a word or else their family members would be killed.

Accusing the local station house officer of trying to shush the matter, parents of the survivors said that action was taken only after they reached out to Member of Legislative Assembly of Purkaji, Pramod Utwal, for help

The two accused have been charged under sections 354 (outraging the modesty of women), 328 (causing hurt by poison) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code as well as the Protection of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act.

Here are ten things to know about the school students molested in the Muzaffarnagar case:

1. The incident took place on November 17 night, when the owner of the school where the girls studied asked seventeen girls to come to the school where the crime took place for a practical exam. The boys in the group are yet to be contacted, however, according to wards of the survivors, they weren't asked to appear for the test.

2. The girls alleged that they were fed khichdi laced with sedatives and fell unconscious. They were then allegedly molested by the two accused.

3. One of the accused was the owner of the school in which the girls studied and another was the principal of the school they were taken to.

4. The survivors alleged that the two accused had threatened them into staying silent about the molestation.

5. After the local police allegedly failed to take action against the accused, the parents of two survivors approached MLA Utwal, who contacted SSP Abhishek Yadav, which finally led to an investigation in the case.

6. According to Abhishek Yadav, the in charge of the police station, under whose jurisdiction the incident took place has been sent to "police lines" and a departmental investigation has been initiated against him.

7. The inquiry in the case is being headed by SP Arpit Vijayvargiya and Additional SP KK Vishnoi of Muzaffarnagar.

8. The new in-charge said that the police have raided the possible hideouts of the accused. They have also been charged under sections of the Indian Penal Code as well as the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

9. While the school owner has been nabbed, the principal of the school where the molestation took place is yet to be arrested.

10. No female supervisors were present during the students' stay at the school for the "practical exam".

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