Sexual exploitation of 35 girls in Surat: Principal molest them in school premises

A very shameful incident of sexual exploitation of girl students has come to light in Narena Ashram School of Surat district in Gujarat. Though a team of Tribal development department reached the school premises for inspection, meanwhile students told the officials that the principal used to watch them while bathing

Ashamed act from a tribal school of Surat

The accused who is the principal of the Narena Ashram School had formed several groups of five, six girl students, who also got different works of the ashram done. During this, he used to touch their private parts on one pretext or the other. He used to kiss them as well. Even though accused used to molest them on the pretext of giving medicine used to reach their room with a torch at night. He used to watch them bathing as well.

Molest them on the pretext of giving medicine

Meanwhile, the victims told that Yogesh Patel (accused) has kept many types of medicines in his room. If any girl student had cold or fever, he himself used to give them medicine. On the pretext of giving medicine, he used to call them to his room and molest them.

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On the complaint of 35 girl students

While there is no arrangement of fan in the ashram. Due to this, some girls used to sleep in fewer clothes in summer. The accused used to watch them from the window with a torch Once the girls also complained about this to the house mother. When the house mother asked the accused principall about this, he said the well-being of the girls is my responsibility. That is why I inspect them at night.

Case has registered against Principal Yogesh Patel

After taking the statement of the girls who were molested by the principal, the police is getting the medical test of all 35 girls done. So far, the test of 6 girls has been done. In this, injury marks have also been found on the private part of a 13-year-old girl student.

Girls live here away from their families

Now the students are openly telling their problems. Right now we are preparing a solid report on this. Soon the principal will be produced in the court and taken on remand.  All though the tribal department is also preparing to question the passed out students of this Narena Ashram School.

Accused used to watch girls while bathing

The accused has been given a room to stay in the ashram school itself. This room has two doors, one on the front side and one on the back side of the room. A block for the students to take bath was made at a distance of about 200 steps from the back door of the room. So whenever the girls went to the block to take bath, he watches them.

He stays in the school premises

The accused has been working in the school for 21 years. The accused Yogesh Patel was appointed as a teacher here in 2003. He was made the principal in 2013. The old staff of the ashram has retired. However, the rest of the staff of the ashram does not stay in the ashram. Only Yogesh Patel used to stay in the ashram.

Ashram school had a bad history

In the year of 2001, a rape case was registered against a teacher of this same ashram. A teacher of this ashram, Gambhir Singh, raped a 15-year-old student studying in 7th class here.

The girl was not scared of any threat of the teacher. She told this to her mother and also registered an FIR against the accused on 10 January 2001. The accused landed behind the bars of the jail.