New Delhi: With the Chandigarh school
indicted by a magisterial inquiry for wrongfully expelling
molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra, the government on Thursday said
CBSE should issue a notice to the school asking it to explain
the action.
"We have got the report on the issue. On the basis of the
report, it appears that notice should be sent to the school by
Central Board of Secondary Education," HRD Minister Kapil
Sibal told reporters on the sidelines of a conference on Sarva
Siksha Abhiyan and other school education programmes.
The Sacred Heart Convent in Sector 26, Chandigarh,
affiliated with the CBSE, had expelled Ruchika for not paying
the fee 19 years ago.
14-year-old Ruchika was molested by IPS officer SPS
Rathore and was allegedly driven to suicide due to harassment
by the former DGP, who also reportedly managed to make the
school expel her.
The inquiry by the sub-divisional magistrate Prerna Puri
had said non-payment of fee in time was not a satisfactory
reason for her expulsion. It suggested action against the
school and its Principal Sister Sebastina for expelling
Ruchika allegedly under pressure from Rathore.
Out of 135 students, who had not paid fee, Ruchika was the
only student to be expelled.
PTI
