The headmistress of the school, booked for destruction of evidence in the rape of a 7-year-old girl on the school premises, had directed the teacher to clean up the victim post the offence, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the state Legislative Assembly today.
“During the investigation, it was revealed that the headmistress directed the class teacher to wash the victim child to avoid any infections,” Parrikar told the House responding to the Calling Attention motion moved by independent legislator Vijay Sardesai.
The seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped in a school toilet in Vasco town on January 14 by a middle aged person.
The headmistress had been already booked for negligence and destruction of evidence, while the accused is still at large.
The Chief Minister said the accused was seen thrice before committing the crime in the school.
“Once the accused was warned by the headmistress after he was seen loitering in the school. But he continued to remain in the school premises and was seen peeping in the classroom,” he said.
The girl had a knee-injury and hence did not go to play during recess, he said.
“When the recess bell rang and students ran out of the class, the suspected accused was seen moving away (from outside the class),” the Chief Minister said, adding that the accused committed the offence in the girls’ toilet between 10.35 and 10.50 AM during the recess time.
Parrikar told the Assembly that police have made all efforts to establish identity of the accused by way of conducting enquiries at places like hair cutting salons, mobile recharging shops and movements of the suspected persons.
“The case is being investigated from all angles,” he added.
——PTI