Mangaluru, May 20: In connection with the sexual abuse of a nursery student in Mangalore One School in Thokkottu, United Muslim Organisation, Dakshina Kannada has alleged that the management of Mangalore One School had unofficially circulated copies of the initial wound certificate of the child along with a misleading and offensive letter among the parents of other children studying in the school in a bid to prove that the charges of sexual abuse on the child were false.
Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, president of the organisation K Ashraf said that the organisation came to know that the school management had illegally circulated copies of the wound certificate of the child among the parents of other children studying in the school through post, after obtaining the document from the Lady Goschen Government Hospital where the medical examination of the child was conducted after the alleged sexual abuse by the van driver of the school was brought to light.
He said that it had come to the notice of the organisation that copies of the wound certificate from the medical examination conducted on the child, had been sent to parents of few students studying in the school through post. Along with the wound certificate, the post also contained content claiming that the little girl had been ‘tutored’ by her mother to assert that she had been sexually abused. The post also claims that the mother of the little girl wished to ‘withdraw her complaint’ but was afraid to do so fearing a counter-case against her, he said.
The content of the post also makes derogatory statements against the organisation for sensationalizing the sexual abuse case and falsely targeting the school, he said.
Mr Ashraf contended that the post, including the wound certificate, had been sent to the parents by the school management in order to cover up their negligence and distort the truth.
He informed that a complaint had been submitted to the Commissioner of Police, Mangaluru City in this regard, naming Sharat Saxena (Chairman of Mangalore One School) and Dr Shakunthala Shetty (Superintendent of Lady Goschen Hospital) for allegedly leaking the medical report and wound certificate to the school authorities.
Under the Protection Of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, it is an offence to share the medical report of the victim. Commissioner of Police S Murugan confirmed that a complaint had been handed over by the organisation in this regard.
Mr Ashraf also informed that the organisation would hold a mass protest against the negligence and unsuitable behaviour of the school authorities in front of the deputy commissioner’s office here on Friday at 4 p.m.
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