Teacher accused of molestation dismissed

Hindustan Times dated: Septermber 08, 2006
Sobhana I
New Delhi September 7

Authorities at playschool Apple being run inside the US embassy here, have dismissed the teacher accused of molesting a girl aged 3-1/2. Police, however, are yet to take action against her.

The accused teacher's supporters, meanwhile, have been sending e-mails to parents of all students attending the school in her support. The teacher has been working in the school for the last 15 years.

On Monday the parents of a girl accused the teacher of molesting their child. According to their complaint the incident happened on August 18, the first day of the victim at the school.

"We dropped her at the school at 2 p.m. When she came back she said she did not want to go there again," said the girl's father. When her mother asked her the reason, the child narrated the incident. In the first information report lodged at the police station, the girl's parents have alleged the head teacher took her to the school's rest room. "There, she inappropriately exposed herself in front of the child," the FIR says.

The girl's father informed the embassy officials, who then held a meeting with the parents, "Our daughter was also questioned by the psychologist at the embassy," added the girl's father.

After 16 days of the incident, the embassy forwarded the complaint to police.