Buldhana: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Friday, said the Buldhana rape incident will be probed under the supervision of a female IPS officer Arti Singh and assured that strict action will be taken against the accused.
“The government has taken cognizance of the issue. The accused, school administrators and directors have been arrested. We have organized a team to probe this matter under the supervision of a female IPS officer,” Fadnavis said.
He further said that in order to prevent such incidents from occurring in the future, the government will appoint women officers that will go and talk to girls in schools and ashrams and in case of any discrepancy strict action will be taken.
So far, eleven persons out of thirteen have been arrested for raping a minor girl from this school. The incident occurred in a private boarding school, Ninadhi Ashran School, in Hivarkheda, Buldhana district of Maharashtra, 450 km from Mumbai. Sanjay Baviskar, Superintendent of Police (SP), Buldhana, said, a case under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), POSCO Act and Juvenile Justice Act has been registered against the accused. The others arrested have been booked under various relevant sections of IPC, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and SC/ST Atrocities Act.