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29 March 2024

One more Kindergarten schoolgirl sexually molested on bus

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By Joseph George

In yet another shocking incident a four-and-half-year old Indian school girl was sexually assaulted by a bus helper in a school in Sharjah.

Emirates 24|7 has learnt that the girl studying in KG1, came home bleeding and the parents immediately took her to Al Qasimia hospital in Sharjah.

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Follow-up Story: School says alleged molestation victim was not alone on the bus

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Sharjah police have detained the helper of the bus and the investigation is on.

VN has been a helper in the school bus for the past two years.

An official at the Sharjah Indian School confirmed the incident and said, “We received a complaint and are investigating the issue. A police complaint has been lodged and the police had detained several people for questioning,” said the official.

The incident is said to have occurred on the school bus just days before the school closed for holidays.

Meanwhile according to a source in Al Qasimia hospital the girl was first brought to the hospital a few days before Christmas with severe bleeding. “She was again brought two days later. It was a case of urinary tract infection,” said the hospital staff.

This is not the first time such an incident is being reported. Emirates 24|7 had earlier reported that several such incidents occurred in the past and the management and parents, instead of complaining to the police, have been hushing-up the matter.

Sources from the school said three years ago, in a similar incident, a bus conductor was caught misbehaving with a Kindergarten schoolgirl.

“Parents complained to the principal, who, instead of taking action against the conductor, asked the parents not to go public. After a few months, he was caught again and only then did the management sack the employee,” he added. (The link for the story https://www.emirates247.com/news/indian-high-confirms-incident-with-std-8-girl-2011-01-19-1.344193 )

Earlier this year, the Dubai based Gems group drivers were cleared in a similar case.

The Dubai Court of First Instance in April acquitted the three suspects accused of raping a four-year-old student of Gems-run Modern High School, on the school bus.

The acquittal by the Dubai Court of First Instance was based on the medical reports presented before the court, lack of translator and contradictory confessions made by the accused during investigations.

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