It was meant to be a safe haven for toddlers, and a facility for working parents to leave their young ones in safe custody. But 'Paatshaala' play-school in Vashist Nagar in New Delhi turned out to be anything but that. Last December, a three-and-a-half-year-old girl student filed a police complaint alleging the principal's husband had sexually abused her on the premises. The play-school was run by Poonam Malik and her husband Pramod. Both were arrested and the play-school sealed. Poonam Malik was out on bail soon after. Pramod Malik too got bail in just a few weeks, in spite of the serious charges of rape against him.
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