Ragging: A junior girl stripped naked, 5 girl students booked in POCSO Act in Rajasthan

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Jodhpur/ 14 July 2016. Five girl students of Sohanlal Manihari Girls School, Jodhpur have been booked under the stringent POCSO Act for allegedly ragging a class 11 minor girl. The girls reportedly forced the victim to strip naked.

The School authorities have also been booked under the various sections of IPC and POCSO Act. The incident occurred on July 8, but the victim reported it late because she was traumatized. 

Manish Dev, SHO, Pratap Nagar said, "When she (victim) went to the washroom, she was ragged and they tried to sexually assault her. She was forced to strip naked. After which she was so threatened and horrified that she refused to go to school.”

He also said that when the family member went to school to enquire about the incident the school tried to hush up the grave matter.

A relative of the victim said, “We have come here to lodge an FIR in Pratab Nagar police station. It was her first day. She was mentally tortured and indecent language was used by them. School authority tried to hide the incident and also didn't cooperate with us. They even did not allow us to meet with the girls (accused)”. (With ANI inputs)