A total of 29 incidents of misbehaviour and sexual harassment with girls in hostels and residential schools, run by private organisations and the SC and ST Development Department, have been reported in the Sate during the last three years since 2015.
SC and ST Development, Minority Communities and Backward Classes Welfare Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi informed this in the State Assembly in response to a question of Congress MLA Bhujabal Majhi on Wednesday.
The Minister further informed that schoolteachers and other staffs committed the alleged offences. Out of 29 incidents, a girl committed suicide and died. As many as 26 accused have been arrested, and disciplinary action has been taken against them, the Minister said.
While the highest number of 12 girls in Mayurbhanj district were subjected to misbehaviour/sexual harassment, eight gils in Rayagada, three in Koraput, two each in Jajpur and Malkangiri and one each in Keonjhar and Gajapati district faced such plights. While a girl in Malkangiri district committed suicide a girl in Koraput district delivered a baby, according to information.
