The principal of the playschool has denied the incident.
Highlights
- The boy was crying when his mother came to pick him up at his playschool
- She took him to a doctor after she saw blood stains on his pants
- The doctor was shocked to find injuries on his private parts
A two-year-old boy was sexually assaulted allegedly at a playschool in Kolkata on Monday. While he couldn't explain his pain, his wails and blood-stained pants made his mother suspicious. A medical report confirmed the assault, police said.
According to the mother, when she went to pick him up from school, he was crying uncontrollably. She found blood stains on his clothes. She took him to a doctor, who was shocked to find injuries on his private parts.
The next morning, the parents went to the school and told the principal about the abuse, who denied the incident. When they demanded to see the CCTV footage, they were sent back home without any help.
Later, she told the parents over phone that the CCTV cameras haven't recorded anything between June 26 and July 2 when the assault took place.
The parents have filed a complaint and the police have registered a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).
Last year, two incidents of sexual abuse at top Kolkata schools had stirred the government. While a four-year-old girl was sexually abused at one of Kolkata's top school, another child from an equally reputed school was molested, not once but twice by school staff, her parents had said.