NHRC notice to AP govt on stripping of 88 school students

New Delhi, Dec 1: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued a notice to Arunachal Pradesh government over alleged stripping of 88 school girls as punishment in Papum Pare district of the state. 

Taking suo motu cognisance of a report that 88 girls were forced to remove their clothes in front of their entire school, as punishment by the three teachers, when they did not confess for having written vulgar words against the head teacher and another student on a piece of paper, the Commission issued a notice to the State Chief Secretary, asking to file a detailed report in the matter within a month.
The NHRC asked the Chief Secretary to file a report on action taken by the Government against the guilty teachers and for counseling of the victim students.
The Commission also asked Secretary of Union Ministry of Human Resource Development to inform whether any guidelines for protection of the students from such maltreatment or humiliation have been made/circulated to the States, and if so, a copy of the same and status of their implementation be provided to it within four weeks. 
Observing that the act of the school teachers is inexcusable, the Rights body said the right to dignity of the innocent minor girls were violated.
According to the NHRC, the incident occurred at the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya in Arunachal Pradesh's Papum Pare district November 23. UNI