Incident Reports

Teachers suspended for sexually abusing students in Eastern Nawalparasi

2015-01-08

Gandaki, Nawalparasi East, Kawasoti, Ward 8

Three teachers of the Devchuli Higher Secondary School in Rajahar of the district have been suspended on the charges of sexually abusing three girl students of the school. The victims were staying in the school's hostel to prepare for the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) exams from August. Teachers Khimananda Ghorsaini, Govinda Paudel, and Hemanta Thapa were suspended to help the police personnel to investigate fairly into the incident, principal Dev Raj Paudel informed. Ghorsaini and Thapa had been living in the school hostel while Paudel used to give tuition classes for the students. As many as 125 students have been staying in the hostel. The accused have, however, denied the allegations. Following the incident, the school management committee has deferred an examination scheduled for Thursday. Meanwhile, the Area Police Office, Kawasoti has taken all the accused teachers under control for investigation. Classmates of the victim vandalized the school on Thursday alleging that they were sexually abused. Police Inspector Hari Baruwal informed that there was some altercation between the police and the students. There are 84 students staying in the hostel for SLC preparation.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Sexual Assault
Weapons None
Primary Cause Violence in school/university (violence by teachers, hazing, etc.)
Actor 1 - Number of people 3
Actor 1 - Affiliations Education sector/teachers (private and public)
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people 3
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Students
Actor 2 - Youth youth
Total Raped 3
Female Raped 3
Youth Raped 3
National/Online Media

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