Bangalore: Karnataka Police yesterday arrested the secretary of a society that runs a private school here, where a three-year-old student was allegedly raped, and registered criminal cases against its three office-bearers.
“We have registered a criminal case against K R K Reddy, secretary of Sri Gowtham Academy of General & Technical Education Society, which runs Orchids The International School, in which the horrifying incident occurred, and arrested him for interrogation,” Home Minister K J George told reporters here.
Besides Reddy, the society’s three office bearers — president K Durga, vice-president Y Shilpa and joint secretary U Surendra Babu — were booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 on a complaint filed by state education department deputy director H B Manjunath in the jurisdictional police station on Thursday.
“The accused have been running the school (Orchids) by flouting rules, violating laws and cheating the public, parents and about 900 students without any recognition from the state or central governments,” George said.
On inspection, officials found that the society secured permission March 3, 2013 from the state government to run a primary school from class 1-5 in Kannada medium.
IANS
