Girl alleges rape by school peon in Bagalkot, writes letter to PM The suspect tricked her to go with him to school to know about scholarship facilities Fearing consequences, her parents sent her to a relative's place where she underwent treatment
A dalit girl who had to discontinue her studies after she was allegedly raped by her own school peon has sought help from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help her return to school.
The girl in her moving letter has written in detail about her travails and the forces that stopped her from going to school. According to the victim, suspect Vijaykumar Kalavvagol had allegedly tricked her to visit the school in Bagalkot with him in a car to know the facilities available for SC/ST students. There were three more accomplices of the suspect, writes the victim. The suspects handed her a cool drink allegedly laced with sedatives and they sexually assaulted her. The girl who gained conscious after more than three hours, the girl returned home with a fever. Her mother took her to the doctor told the mother about the sexual assault. Although, he asked her to approach the police, the victim's parents - fearing consequences - did not approach the police and sent the victim to her aunt's place where she underwent treatment a hospital, reports Deccan Herald.
The victim who has now been forced to quit school fearing humiliation decided to take her complaint to the prime minister. With the help of English teacher, she translated her letter and sent them to the prime minister and also marked it to Union Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi, the State Women's Commission, Superintendent of the police and Zilla Panchayat chief executive officer.
Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi who launched the 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' (Save girl Educate girl) campaign help the rape victim to go back to her school?
