Two autistic brothers, aged 9 and 13, from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh, were reportedly abused at a boarding school for special needs children in Dehradun. The boys were allegedly beaten, burnt with cigarettes, and raped by a staff member after they were admitted in April.
The truth came out when their mother visited them last Friday. She took them to a friend’s office, where the boys broke down and shared what had happened to them. They named the accused as Monu Pal, 29, from Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh.
The mother filed a complaint with the local police. In her statement, she said the accused used cigarettes to burn her sons in order to scare them into silence.
The Superintendent of Police (Dehradun City), Pramod Kumar, said a case has been registered under sections 64(2) (rape) and 115(2) (causing hurt) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), as well as under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The accused was arrested and sent to jail.
Police spoke to the two boys with help from translators from the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), and support from the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR).
CCTV footage from the boarding house has been taken as evidence. The police are also trying to contact the families of the other two children who lived with the victims.
Chairperson of the SCPCR Geeta Khanna said the boarding house had four children with autism sleeping on bunk beds in the same room as the accused. The facility was being run without a legal permit by a woman who also operated a prep school for special children nearby. That school had 15 students, and four of them stayed in the boarding house. The trust running the school was registered in Delhi but had not informed the local authorities.
According to Khanna, the accused was hired on 16 May and began abusing the children soon after.
The investigation is ongoing, and the authorities are working to ensure the safety of all children involved.
Note: The identity of the victims has been kept confidential, following the Supreme Court’s guidelines in case
The truth came out when their mother visited them last Friday. She took them to a friend’s office, where the boys broke down and shared what had happened to them. They named the accused as Monu Pal, 29, from Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh.
The mother filed a complaint with the local police. In her statement, she said the accused used cigarettes to burn her sons in order to scare them into silence.
The Superintendent of Police (Dehradun City), Pramod Kumar, said a case has been registered under sections 64(2) (rape) and 115(2) (causing hurt) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), as well as under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The accused was arrested and sent to jail.
Police spoke to the two boys with help from translators from the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), and support from the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR).
CCTV footage from the boarding house has been taken as evidence. The police are also trying to contact the families of the other two children who lived with the victims.
Chairperson of the SCPCR Geeta Khanna said the boarding house had four children with autism sleeping on bunk beds in the same room as the accused. The facility was being run without a legal permit by a woman who also operated a prep school for special children nearby. That school had 15 students, and four of them stayed in the boarding house. The trust running the school was registered in Delhi but had not informed the local authorities.
According to Khanna, the accused was hired on 16 May and began abusing the children soon after.
The investigation is ongoing, and the authorities are working to ensure the safety of all children involved.
Note: The identity of the victims has been kept confidential, following the Supreme Court’s guidelines in case
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