Jammu and Kashmir: Student sexually assaulted in Srinagar school, police lodge FIR

The school administration filed a complaint following social media reports of an alleged sexual assault of a student. Relevant sections of the POCSO Act were registered at Kothibagh Police Station.

Police filed a case after a school in Jammu and Kashmir reported a minor's sexual assault. (Image: freepik)

Press Trust of India | August 7, 2024 | 01:18 PM IST

NEW DELHI: Police registered a case on Tuesday after a private school reported the sexual assault of a minor student within its premises here in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The school administration submitted a written complaint in the wake of reports on social media about the alleged sexual assault of a student at the school, they said.

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"Police has taken cognisance upon a written information by the administrative authority of a particular school regarding the sexual assault on a minor student," Srinagar Police said in a post on X. Relevant sections of the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act were registered at the Kothibagh Police Station.

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