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Shimla teacher gets jail for raping six
disabled
Thursday November 29, 2012 07:32:39 PM,
IANS
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Shimla: More than
three years after a teacher sexually exploited six inmates of an
NGO-run school-cum-hostel for the deaf, mute and mentally
challenged, a court here Thursday sentenced him to 10 years'
rigorous imprisonment for rape.
Vinod Kumar was held guilty by Additional Sessions Judge Virender
Sharma, who acquitted three other teachers of the rehabilitation
centre.
Public Prosecutor Ashwani Dhiman told IANS that Vinod Kumar was
convicted under Section 376 (punishment for rape) of the Indian
Penal Code. A fine of Rs.25,000 was also imposed on him.
The case of sexual abuse of the disabled children came to light in
March 2009 when police raided the centre run by NGO Prerna Welfare
Association on the outskirts of the city.
The poor victims were aged 13-21 years. Five of the six victims
were hearing and speech impaired and one was mentally challenged.
The centre, which closed after the incident, had more than 25
disabled students and got grants under the state-sponsored Sarva
Shiksha Abhiyan scheme.
"The victims neither complained to the coordinator of the NGO nor
to their parents. When we went to the centre, all the six girls
complained that they were being physically exploited for more than
an year," Superintendent of Police R.M. Sharma had said.
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