Ranchi, July 20 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party today demanded that the alleged sexual abuse case involving multiple minor girls at a missionary school in Latehar be investigated under the supervision of the Juvenile Justice-cum-POCSO Monitoring Committee of the Jharkhand High Court.
Addressing a press conference at the state BJP headquarters, party spokesperson Ajay Shah accused the state government of failing to act on the matter despite serious allegations of prolonged sexual abuse by a school official. He alleged that senior bureaucrats, including the Education Secretary and district authorities, were attempting to suppress the case instead of following due legal procedure.
Sah said that despite students' direct testimonies, no FIR has ...