Thane school bus molestation: 3 staffers, including principal, sacked
Days after the Thane school bus molestation incident, the parents called off their protests after the principal, COO and another staffer were sacked. The school will now hold an internal inquiry into the incident.
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The aggrieved parents took to the street outside the school on Thursday, demanding more stringent action after an alleged lack of adequate response from the management.The principal, chief operation officer (COO) and another staffer of the Thane school whose students were molested by a bus attendant while heading to a picnic were sacked on Thursday following protests led by parents demanding the removal of the school management.
On Wednesday, the school had formed an internal inquiry committee comprising all the senior members of the management and terminated the employment of the three teachers who had accompanied the children to the excursion, pending inquiry.
However, the aggrieved parents took to the street outside the school on Thursday, demanding more stringent action after an alleged lack of adequate response from the management.
As several parents gathered outside the school gates, a delegation of PTA members and other parents carried out discussions with the school management, demanding the principal be sacked.
After the protest went on till evening and started to gain the attention of political leaders, one of the protesting parents told The Indian Express that the school gave in and agreed to sack the principal along with the COO and another staffer.
When contacted on Thursday, the principal did not respond to questions from Express.
“The school will be conducting an internal inquiry for the next three days. According to the termination letter, the three officials have been terminated to ensure that the inquiry is conducted objectively,” a parent told The Indian Express.
Following the management’s response, the parents have now called off their protests. “We will wait to see for the next three days till the time of the internal inquiry. Depending on the school’s action and response, we will decide our next course of action,” said a parent.
According to the police, attendant Javed Mohammad Khan allegedly inappropriately touched the children in the 7-8 age group while serving them food on the bus while heading to a picnic organised at a theme park on Tuesday. Khan has been arrested.
“The bus was owned by a private picnic organiser roped in by the school. Khan had been working with the agency for 10 years on daily wages,” an inspector at the police station where the FIR has been registered said.
On Wednesday, the principal had told Express that besides terminating the teachers’ services till the time of the inquiry, the school had called off all future excursions planned through the tour company.
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