THANE, July 9: Police have registered a case against eight persons, including the principal and four teachers of a private school at Shahapur in Maharashtra’s Thane district, after girls studying in Classes 5 to 10 were made to strip to check if they were menstruating, officials said.
The incident occurred at the R S Damani school in the town on Tuesday after bloodstains were found in its toilet, they said.
It sparked outrage among the parents of the girl students, who protested on the school premises on Wednesday and sought action against the management and teachers involved in the episode.As per the complaint lodged by a parent of one of students, the girls studying in Classes between 5 and 10 were called to the convention hall of the school and shown the photos of blood stains in the toilet and floor by screening them through a projector, and asked if anybody from them was going through the menstrual cycle. (PTI)
