Shocking Incident in a examination hall
BHOPAL: In a shocking and shameful incident two Dalit girls appearing for their first board examination, both aged 15, were allegedly stripped by invigilators in the examination hall in Narsinghpur District of MP. The girls were also watched by 40 other students.
The incident took place on 15th March on Thursday but come to the notice to local administration yesterday.The incident took place when an anti-cheating squad come to the Government Higher Secondary School’s examination hall and female examiners Preeti Sharma and Reshma Simaiya after suspecting that students are using short pieces of paper asked two minors to strip.
One girl told sub-divisional magistrate (Gadarwara) P N Yadav that when she refused to follow the examiner’s orders, one of them allegedly shouted: “Strip or I will cut the cord of your salwar.” Female examiners allegedly stripped them in front of other students. The girls couldn’t gather courage to reveal anything to anyone due to shock and shame, but on Friday, they broke down in front of their parents, who reported the matter to the district administration.
The district administration has registered a complaint and asked block education officer to initiate investigation and submit report.
