Child rape case: Protesters take out march, demand action; School faces de-recognition from ICSE
As the protesters demanded his presence, Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar rushed to the venue and told them, "We are hugely pained by the incident...have trust in the police." Auradkar said from the day police received the complaint from the child's parents, officials were on the job round-the-clock.
"The incident involves a minor girl. We have to deal with the case carefully and respond sensitively keeping the girl in mind." The protesters questioned the police chief on the status of investigation and why no arrests had been made to which Auradkar requested them to send a small batch of representatives to him as discussing it in a public meeting would hamper the probe.
The march from school premises to the police station was peaceful. Some protesters raised objections when former minister and BJP MLA Arvind Limbavali wanted to join the march, urging him not to politicise the matter.
"From the day we received the complaint from parents, our officials are continuously following the case and investigation is on," Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Kamal Panth told reporters here.
Bangalore
6-year
old
student
sexual
assault
case:
Parents
and
children
hold
candlelight
march
pic.twitter.com/yS6RxpE8nc
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ANI
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July
17,
2014
He said, "In this case as the child is involved we can't repeatedly call the child...., we have to cautiously investigate this case, so there might be delay in the progress of the case but it should not be interpreted as police is not doing their duty. A team of 20 officials was involved in the probe, he said.
In further trouble to Vibgyor High School, Karnataka government has written to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations Board to derecognise it as it comes under its ambit as an ICSE school. The alleged rape by "unknown persons", which reportedly occurred on July two but came to light on July 15, has triggered severe protests from outraged parents, who suspect the involvement of staffers, as also from civil society.
Bangalore
minor
sexual
assault
case:
ABVP
activists
protest
outside
school
pic.twitter.com/wVC1VnPix0
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ANI
(@ANI_news)
July
18,
2014
Bangalore
minor
sexual
assault
case:
Karnataka
BJP
MLAs
protest
inside
the
Assembly
pic.twitter.com/Z1pATufiV3
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ANI
(@ANI_news)
July
18,
2014
The school incident and the alleged rape of a 22-year old woman in a car here on July 10 has led to outpouring of public anger. In the July 10 midnight incident, the woman who was sitting in a car with her friend near her apartment was allegedly abducted and raped by one of the four men who forcibly got into their car and took them away in the same vehicle to a nearby railway track and committed the crime.
Karnataka
CM
Siddaramaiah
naps
during
debate
over
rape
cases
in
the
Assembly
pic.twitter.com/gk03BD9zkQ
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ANI
(@ANI_news)
July
18,
2014
Bangalore:
Candle
light
march
for
the
minor
girl
raped
in
school
pic.twitter.com/mdPBLIosrA
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ANI
(@ANI_news)
July
18,
2014
Minor
girl
raped
in
school
case:
Karnataka
Govt
writes
to
ICSE
to
cancel
recognition
of
Vibgyor
School.
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ANI
(@ANI_news)
July
18,
2014
Bangalore
school
sexual
assault
case
:
Protest
march
held
in
the
city
pic.twitter.com/sCY91Glcyb
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ANI
(@ANI_news)
July
19,
2014
Bangalore
school
sexual
assault
case
:
A
man
holding
a
banner
during
the
protest
march
pic.twitter.com/EFUq3BmcPl
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ANI
(@ANI_news)
July
19,
2014
Looks
like
sleeping
in
the
assembly
has
become
a
constant
for
Congress:
Atul
Kumar
Anjaan
on
Siddaramaiah
pic.twitter.com/lqG2aoExEy
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ANI
(@ANI_news)
July
19,
2014
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