CHANDIGARH: With the increasing lack of safety, over 40 girls from two villages in Rewari district of Haryana have stopped attending classes at a government school in neighbouring Lala village. They had to deal with risqué comments, and an alleged rape on April 18.
State Women and Child Development Minister Kavita Jain has asked Rewari deputy commissioner Yash Garg to conduct an inquiry. He, along with the region's SP visited the villages to convince the girls to resume school, but the villagers refused. They instead demanded the primary school in Suma village be upgraded to senior secondary level. A case has been registered at Jatusana police station in Rewari and the three accused have been arrested. The villagers said the girls fear walking through Lala village because of repeated sexual harassment. Situation has reached a point where 40 girls and 10 boys from both the villages got their names deleted from the school. It was said two of the girls who opted out were state-level Kabaddi players.
State PWD Minister Rao Narbir Singh said the villagers had met with him and said, “We will upgrade the school.” He also assured that legal action would be taken on the complaint of the girls. The state administration has offered special bus facility and female cops to accompany the girls to the school in the neighbouring village.
