In this editorial segment, Mr. Sujit Nair discusses the disturbing case of a school principal in Haryana who has been accused of sexually assaulting 142 girls. The deputy commissioner of Jind district, Mohammad Imran Raza, revealed that the number of victims in this heinous crime has risen from the initially reported 60. The accused principal, Kartar Singh, a 56-year-old man, was arrested after at least 142 girl students testified against him. A committee, led by a sub-divisional magistrate, conducted a preliminary inquiry and found Singh prima facie guilty based on the statements of 390 girl students from classes 9th to 12th.
The Jind district police registered a case against Kartar Singh on October 30 under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act and the Indian Penal Code. He was suspended by the state government following the charges. The committee recommended disciplinary action against Singh, in addition to the ongoing criminal proceedings.
The district deputy commissioner stated that a regular inquiry would be initiated against the accused principal, conducted by the additional deputy commissioner, Harish Vashisht, after a charge sheet is submitted. Kartar Singh is currently in judicial remand at Jind jail after being arrested on November 4. The police have added further sections to the FIR, including wrongful restraint, confinement, criminal intimidation, and punishment for aggravated sexual assault.
The disturbing details of the alleged crime came to light on August 31 when students wrote a letter seeking action against the principal. The Haryana secondary education department suspended the principal on October 27. Unfortunately, one girl died by suicide, and two others died for different reasons, all of whom were enrolled at the same school. The station house officer, Balwan Singh, mentioned involving the parents in the investigations against the accused principal and looking into whether the deceased girls were among those who reported sexual harassment to the President and the Prime Minister’s office.
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The Jind district police registered a case against Kartar Singh on October 30 under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act and the Indian Penal Code. He was suspended by the state government following the charges. The committee recommended disciplinary action against Singh, in addition to the ongoing criminal proceedings.
The district deputy commissioner stated that a regular inquiry would be initiated against the accused principal, conducted by the additional deputy commissioner, Harish Vashisht, after a charge sheet is submitted. Kartar Singh is currently in judicial remand at Jind jail after being arrested on November 4. The police have added further sections to the FIR, including wrongful restraint, confinement, criminal intimidation, and punishment for aggravated sexual assault.
The disturbing details of the alleged crime came to light on August 31 when students wrote a letter seeking action against the principal. The Haryana secondary education department suspended the principal on October 27. Unfortunately, one girl died by suicide, and two others died for different reasons, all of whom were enrolled at the same school. The station house officer, Balwan Singh, mentioned involving the parents in the investigations against the accused principal and looking into whether the deceased girls were among those who reported sexual harassment to the President and the Prime Minister’s office.
#haryana #bjp #manoharlalkhattar #kartarsingh #jind #primeminister #narendramodi #presidentofindia #draupadimurmu #chiefjusticeofindia #dychandrachud #crimeagainstwomen #sexualassualt #womenempowerment #HWNews
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00:00 Namaskar, welcome to another episode of Editorial.
00:06 142 schoolgirls, 142 schoolgirls were sexually assaulted by a school principal in Haryana.
00:15 I am going to talk about it and I am going to talk a lot more.
00:17 Let us get right into the show.
00:21 142 girls, 142 girls testified against 56-year-old man who happens to be their principal called
00:33 Kartar Singh.
00:35 142 girls testified against this guy saying that he sexually assaulted them.
00:43 In fact, according to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, the committee which conducted a
00:47 primary inquiry has found him, that is Kartar Singh, the principal, prima facie guilty.
00:55 The committee interacted with 390 girl students of class 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th.
01:01 Out of these, 142 students have directly or indirectly confirmed some of the allegations
01:07 leveled against the principal.
01:09 This is what the Deputy Commissioner of Police says.
01:12 So the Deputy Commissioner of Police says this has happened.
01:15 Kartar Singh, 56-year-old principal of the school in Haryana, sexually assaulted 142
01:22 girls.
01:23 You see, I am not trying to preach utopia here.
01:28 But there are psychopaths, there are beasts amongst us.
01:32 There are beasts amongst us who would prey on young girls.
01:36 There are beasts amongst us who would cause harm to girls, do crime against women.
01:40 There are beasts amongst us.
01:42 So I am not going to say that let us have a utopian life, where all these go away.
01:49 But what I am trying to say is there are lot of things we can stop.
01:54 What I am trying to say is we are unable or maybe we don't have the necessary will to
02:00 stop crime against women and sexual assault against young girls.
02:06 That's what gets my goat.
02:10 You see, if the state is inactive, it is the inaction of the state, it is inaction of our
02:16 political leaders that gets my goat, that makes me angry.
02:20 According to Hindustan Times, on August 31st, 15 victims banded together to write a five-page
02:28 letter addressed to the most powerful offices in the country, the President, the Prime Minister,
02:33 the Chief Justice of India, and the Governor of Haryana and the State Education Minister,
02:38 in spite of their letter, there was administrative delay, barely anything moved for two months,
02:45 60 days.
02:49 Administrative inaction.
02:51 This is what gets my goat.
02:54 This is what makes me angry.
02:57 This is why I come to you, I come in front of you almost every night and talk about incidents
03:02 like this.
03:03 This has to stop.
03:06 This has to stop.
03:08 You see, something similar we saw in Wrestlers during when that, when the wrestlers alleged
03:17 that their Federation Chief was molesting them, sexually assaulting them, harassing
03:24 them, no FIRs registered, nothing happened till those Olympians went to the road and
03:30 protested.
03:32 And still nothing has really happened, if you ask me.
03:37 People like Ram Rahim Singh sent home.
03:39 I say this again and again and again.
03:43 Switch off my editorial if you don't want to see it.
03:46 But I am going to continue to say this.
03:49 I am going to continue to say this.
03:52 Bilkis Bhanu's rapists were let free.
03:55 They were let free.
03:57 This inaction of the state makes me wonder whether what are we doing?
04:02 Are we allowing all this to happen?
04:07 I have one more point to make today.
04:09 I have one more point to make today.
04:10 When I sit in front of you and I say that, you see, things are not going to change if
04:15 the political party in the center change.
04:18 Things are not going to change anymore.
04:20 Because the direction we have taken, that direction itself is wrong.
04:23 It is only going to be bad to worse.
04:27 When I say this in front of you, you know, I make a little prayer inside me.
04:32 I hope that what I am saying doesn't come true.
04:35 I hope and I pray that what I say doesn't come true.
04:40 But you know what is the unfortunate thing?
04:43 The unfortunate thing is incidents that are happening in our country is almost proving
04:52 my point.
04:53 It is almost proving my point.
04:56 Even Rahul Gandhi could go to colleges, meet girl children, talk to them and felt good.
05:05 I thought he was relating to them.
05:08 I thought he was understanding them.
05:11 Most importantly, I thought there was an urge in him to protect those kids.
05:18 And I am not just blaming him.
05:20 And I will tell you what I mean by that.
05:22 You see, in Karnataka, a viral audio clip allegedly featuring former Congress MLA Amre
05:29 Gowda Bayapur has sparked outrage in social media.
05:35 The former Congress MLA is allegedly to have made insensitive remarks about rape survivors,
05:42 suggesting that rape is not possible by just one person in this world.
05:47 He says, "The incident occurred on 16th of October when Congress leader and Amre Gowda's
05:54 associate Sangana Gowda Patil allegedly attacked and raped a woman working in the fields of
06:00 Tavaragare town in Kopal district.
06:03 The survivor sought medical attention in Kopal district hospital and lodged a complaint in
06:08 the police station, October 18th.
06:11 According to the report, the survivor's uncle reached out to Amre Gowda for assistance in
06:15 seeking justice."
06:16 A Congress MLA says that, you see, one person cannot rape, you at least require three person
06:21 to rape, as if he has done a PhD on it.
06:26 And the person who is allegedly the rapist is also a Congress member.
06:30 You see, the uncle of the victim went to this Amre Gowda because he was a former MLA and
06:38 asked him, "Please help."
06:40 And that is when the guy said this.
06:45 My question is, what is the Karnataka government doing?
06:49 You wanted to be different, right?
06:51 You said, you criticize others, you criticize Brij Mohan Saran Singh and rightly so, rightly
06:56 so.
06:57 But what are you doing?
06:58 Why is this Amre Gowda not behind bars?
07:04 Why is that rapist Patil not behind bars?
07:09 What steps are you taking?
07:11 Why aren't you protecting this girl?
07:13 Why is her uncle going from pillar to post?
07:15 It's your government, Congress.
07:17 It is your government.
07:21 Why is Rahul Gandhi not talking about it?
07:23 Why is Priyanka Gandhi, who spoke about women power, not talking about this?
07:27 See, it is not the question of a formality.
07:32 It is not the question of a formality.
07:33 It's a question of your principle.
07:37 When Rahul Gandhi talks about it, what he establishes is that he and his party is zero
07:44 tolerance as far as women, crime against women, rapes are concerned, sexual assaults and harassment
07:51 are concerned.
07:53 That proves a point.
07:54 If Priyanka Gandhi talks about it, that proves a point that she stands by what she said when
07:59 she talks about women power.
08:01 When Kargai talks about it or the Chief Minister talks about it, it means that the party and
08:07 the government, Karnataka government is willing to do what it takes to protect the women in
08:12 that particular state.
08:16 Nobody spoke about it.
08:17 Nobody.
08:18 I don't even think that this has been brought to Mr. Gandhi's attention.
08:22 And if it has and he has not spoken, sad, sad.
08:27 Like I said, proves my point.
08:30 There is one government who lets same Haryana state, lets a rapist, convicted rapist, not
08:41 even an alleged rapist, convicted rapist to go and enjoy his birthday, go home and enjoy
08:46 his birthday and nothing happens.
08:50 The same government, Bharatiya Janata Party government which is ruling in Haryana gives
08:55 remission to Bilkis Banu rapists.
08:59 Same government.
09:00 And now Congress government.
09:02 You know, before I end, I want to add one very important line which actually touched
09:11 me.
09:12 You see, Indira Jayasinghe, the advocate for Bilkis Banu had told the Supreme Court.
09:19 She had told the Supreme Court that the judgment of this court will represent the conscience
09:24 of our country.
09:27 She was so correct, it touched my soul.
09:31 Because the way we treat our women and the outrage we show if our women are not treated
09:38 well actually represents our conscience.
09:43 And currently with 142 kids getting sexually assaulted, wrestlers getting sexually assaulted,
09:52 rapists going scot-free, this conscience doesn't look good.
09:57 A society is known by the respect it gives to its women.
10:03 A house is known by the respect the family gives to the women in the house.
10:09 A house is known by that.
10:10 You can find out whether the house is cultured or not cultured.
10:13 If you are, there is a wife beating man in that house, that house is not cultured.
10:18 They are human beings but they are animals who are staying inside that house.
10:24 The core sense of a developed, the core sense of a rational, progressive family, progressive
10:31 society, progressive country is the amount of respect the country, the society, the family
10:37 gives to the women of that family, that society, that country.
10:43 The day you are seeing incident like this and you see it more often and you see it almost
10:48 every time, that day, please mark it in your diary that your society is going down.
10:56 Your social fabric is all over the place.
11:02 All the achievements that we talk about is nothing, is worth nothing, nothing if we can't
11:08 protect our girl child.
11:11 It is worth nothing.
11:13 All the privilege, prestige, guru, that, this, international image and all that we are talking
11:18 about is worth nothing if we can't protect our girl child.
11:23 And I am sorry I am ranting because you know it's happening too often.
11:31 It's happening too often.
11:33 And you know what, I feel helpless.
11:34 This is the only vent I have.
11:37 So I come in front of you and talk about it.
11:41 Till I see you next time.
11:43 That's tomorrow at 10.
11:44 Tomorrow at 10, I have a dialogue with the former Director General of Police, Maharashtra.
11:49 Tomorrow is 26/11, 15 years since Mumbai saw the terror attack.
11:56 Let's talk to him about how things are today and are we ready for a terror attack if at
12:02 all it happens, God forbid if it happens, but if at all it happens, are we ready for
12:05 it?
12:07 All this I talk to him.
12:08 So it's going to be an interesting discussion.
12:09 Till I see you tomorrow at 10.
12:11 Namaskar.
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