Monday, November 29, 2010

School trip turns scary; girl students 'molested' in Uttarakhand

On a school trip to scenic Uttarakhand, 70 students from Rajasthan had a harrowing experience when a group of youths in car allegedly intercepted their bus, molested girls and broke windowpanes of the vehicle. The incident took place on Monday night near Rajpur here when the 70 students, including 30 girls, of a private school from Alwar were going to Mussoorie after visiting the famous tourist spot of Sahastradhara, police said. According to the police, six car-borne miscreants intercepted the bus and thrashed its driver. Some of them entered the bus and allegedly molested girl students.

They also threatened the students and teachers when resisted, and broke the windowpanes of the bus with rods and hockeys they were carrying. Principal of the HRP Senior Secondary School, Vinod Kumari, who was accompanying the students, later lodged a complaint at the Rajpur police station. A case has been registered against six persons under various sections of IPC including section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty).

Two of the accused -- Pradip Rana and Kamal, have been arrested and raids were being conducted to nab others, police said. Meanwhile, the students who came on a three-day visit to Dehradun and Mussoorie on November 15, left for Alwar.

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