Special Juvenile Police Unit

Child Welfare Committee

Gigimal Gorge

District Children Protection Officer

DCPO

Kumara Swamy

Juvenile

Victim denies charges, says she has been targeted by warden, hostelmatesA Class X girl student, staying in a school hostel, has been thrashed by the warden after she allegedly sought sexual favours from her roommates. The incident happened at a school located in Srirampura.According to the police, the hostel warden, sister — and later roommates — beat her up, accusing her of being a lesbian. A complaint has been was registered with the Children Welfare Committee andby a person who chose to remain anonymous.The girl, on her part, denied all the allegations and said she had been a loner in the campus.Speaking to Bangalore Mirror the victim’s brother said, “My sister has not done anything, hostel warden and sisters are putting false allegations on my sister. She is a small kid and how can she ask for sexual favors to her friends? Just to cover up their mistakes, the hostel people are cooking up a story, saying my sister is a lesbian.”According to her brother, the day the incident occurred, her roommate picked up a fight with her, citing trivial reasons. Then, she was beaten up her roommates.Soon, a sister in the hostel and warden also joined. “This is not the first time she is getting thrashed. The sister and warden have been torturing her for the last few months. She can’t even walk properly. We demand action against the sister and the warden who are responsible for this. Theand police have shown support for us. We are ready to face any kind of inquiry regarding this matter,” the victim’s brother said.When BM contacted school sister, she said no such incident took place in the hostel.said, “We got a complaint through the Child Helpline. We talked to the victim who said the sister and roommates would beat her up regularly. She also said she had been accused of being a lesbian.”“The sister and the warden told us that she is “abnormal” and she would pick up fights with her friends for small reasons. SpecialPolice Unit is inquiring with other girls in the school and proper action will be taken,” he said.According to the source, “The girl denied allegations of being a lesbian and says she didn’t ask for any sexual favours from roommates. She even said the hostel warden would beat her up for no reason. She claimed that everyone in the hostel hated her.” According to sources, the girl hails from Manipur.