Bengaluru Pre-School horror: Parents to protest on Sunday

Hundreds of young parents, students and senior citizens are expected to take part in the demonstration at public grounds behind HAL police station

Concerned parents in Bengaluru are all set to make Child safety in the educational institution a people's movement. In the backdrop of sexual assault cases from a pre-school in Bengaluru coming to light recently, citizens, young and old alike have called for a protest gathering on Sunday. Hundreds of young parents, students and senior citizens are expected to take part in the demonstration at public grounds behind HAL police station.

More complaints are being filed against the accused, Manjunath, with more children narrating horrifying experiences within the pre-school premises. While he remains in police custody, the cops were accused of booking school management under flimsy sections allowing them to walk free after bail from the court.

Demand has been made to book the principal as well others from the management under stringent sections of POCSO for 'deliberate neglect and attempts to brush the incident under the carpet'. Parents have taken to social media to invite people to take part in the demonstration that has been scheduled between 10 am-12 pm on Sunday.

A group of parents have been meeting various people including Commissioner of Police Praveen Sood and Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar over the issue demanding safety of their children.

It may be noted that protests at this very location forced authorities to crackdown on management members of an international school in Bengaluru where a 4-year-old was sexually assaulted in 2014. The pressure built by the people forced the police to issue guidelines to all educational institutions to ensure the safety of children within their premises. Despite the massive push for child safety, incidents of children being victims of sexual assault in school premises continue to be reported posing serious questions on management's will to ensure a safe environment for vulnerable minors. Sunday's protest aims to question this lack of will.

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