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Chhattisgarh: Government hostel inmate impregnated, forced to have abortion; probe ordered | India News – Times of India
CANCER: Authorities in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district have ordered an inquiry into a complaint filed by a student of a government-run school. boarding school became pregnant and had to undergo surgery abortion to cover up the matter, an official said on Saturday. The district collector has ordered a five-member inquiry committee, headed by Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Pakhanjur area Anjor Singh Paikra, to submit its report within two days, the official said.
The sarpanch and residents of Chhote Bethiya village on Friday approached local MLA Vikram Usendi with a complaint, following which he informed Kanker Collector Nilesh Kshirsagar.
Usendi, who represents Antagarh region, told reporters that he had visited the Bande area, where a villager complained about the headmaster of a local girls’ boarding school in Chhote Bethiya.
According to the complaint, the female director of the hostel allegedly runs the facility at her own discretion and forces inmates to work for her.
The director, who was supposed to stay overnight at the hostel, slept in her house and left the girls with a female employee, it said.
Villagers of Chhote Bethiya have also alleged that one of the students impregnated by an unknown person and forced to undergo an abortion.
Villagers demanded that the hostel director be dismissed, alleging that the woman was sending prisoners to church in an attempt to convert them.
Usendi said he had spoken to the tax inspector about the matter and asked him to investigate the allegations and take strict action against the perpetrators.
The tax inspector has taken note of the complaint and has suspended the hostel manager, Vinita Kujur, and appointed a new manager, an official statement said.
He has also formed a five-member committee to investigate the matter and submit a report within two days, the committee said.
The sarpanch and residents of Chhote Bethiya village on Friday approached local MLA Vikram Usendi with a complaint, following which he informed Kanker Collector Nilesh Kshirsagar.
Usendi, who represents Antagarh region, told reporters that he had visited the Bande area, where a villager complained about the headmaster of a local girls’ boarding school in Chhote Bethiya.
According to the complaint, the female director of the hostel allegedly runs the facility at her own discretion and forces inmates to work for her.
The director, who was supposed to stay overnight at the hostel, slept in her house and left the girls with a female employee, it said.
Villagers of Chhote Bethiya have also alleged that one of the students impregnated by an unknown person and forced to undergo an abortion.
Villagers demanded that the hostel director be dismissed, alleging that the woman was sending prisoners to church in an attempt to convert them.
Usendi said he had spoken to the tax inspector about the matter and asked him to investigate the allegations and take strict action against the perpetrators.
The tax inspector has taken note of the complaint and has suspended the hostel manager, Vinita Kujur, and appointed a new manager, an official statement said.
He has also formed a five-member committee to investigate the matter and submit a report within two days, the committee said.
