Saturday, June 3, 2017

School Girls stage protest against Sexual harassment in Bhaderwah

Bhaderwah:
The students of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Bhaderwah on Friday took out a rally against increasing eve-teasing incidents and stunt biking in the town.
Carrying placards and raising slogans, hundreds of girl students from school assembled in the premises of school early in the morning and boycotted their classes.
Later, they took out a protest rally and blocked Bhaderwah-Doda road for several hours.



As per reports, few teachers also participated in the rally to express their solidarity with girl students for raising voice against eve-teasing. The students were demanding action against eve-teasers which “are taking place day-to-day outside their educational institution”. “Police should intensify patrolling outside our institution and tuition centres, so that eve-teasing incidents will come to end,” the protestors demanded.
The students were also demanding arrest of an accused, who, on Thursday, hit a student f the school with his bike and injured her seriously.
The students alleged that police was shielding the culprit and demanded registration of FIR as soon as possible.
Later, after assurance of strict action against the eve-teasers by SSP Doda Mohd Shabir Khatana , Additional Deputy Commissioner Bhaderwah, Imam Din and other police and civil officials, the protesting girls dispersed peacefully.
“We withdrew our protest after SSP Doda and ADC Bhaderwah assured us of taking steps to nab the culprits soon,” said students and added that the administration has also promised to introduce a 24x7 helpline number for girls so that “we can call the police immediately in the event of any crisis



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