This Article is From Mar 04, 2010

Orissa principal arrested for allegedly raping students

Orissa principal arrested for allegedly raping students
Nabarangpur, Orissa: Four girls, in their early teens, have been raped repeatedly, allegedly by the headmaster and  teacher of a boarding school in  Orissa's Nabarangpur district.

When two of them showed symptoms of early pregnancy, a female teacher at the school complained to a local government official. On Wednesday,  parents of several students protested at the school. 

The  two teachers have been arrested., along with a male cook who reportedly helped them rape the Class 7 and 8 students for months. 

The girls were studying  at the Boda-Amada Sevashrama School in  Koshamguda block, nearly 550 km from Bhubaneshwar. The school is meant to educate children from backward communities, and comes under the jurisdiction of the Orissa government's Schedule Caste and Schedue Tribe Welfare department.

Orissa 's Mass Education minister Pratap Jena has asked the district collector to conduct an inquiry and submit a report to him.

The four victims have been sent to a local hospital for treatment.
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