Muzaffarnagar: In a shocking and a shameful incident, as many as 70 girls were stripped naked allegedly by a school warden to check for menstrual blood in Muzaffarnagar.
Around 70 girls in Muzaffarnagar stripped naked by a warden to “check for menstrual blood”,warden suspended with immediate effect (March 30) pic.twitter.com/kq4TwpRbed
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) March 31, 2017
The students have alleged that over 70 girls were stripped naked by the warden to check for menstrual blood on March 30 after she found some blood stains in a bathroom.
One girl student said that the warden ordered the students to remove their clothes to check for menstrual blood. They demanded strict action against the warden.
“It was very humiliating for all of us. We want action against her,” said one of the students.
Muzaffarnagar: Students allege that they were stripped naked by warden to check for menstrual blood, also demand strict action against her pic.twitter.com/93SJJI7hmg
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) March 31, 2017
The warden was suspended with immediate effect.
Speaking to reporters, the suspended warden Rubbished the allegations and said, “Nothing of the sort happened. Some blood was found on the floor and wall of the bathroom. I wanted to check if everything was all right with the girls. Such young girls are sometimes unable to express… I just asked them if anything was wrong.”
“I am strict when it comes to studies. That is why the girls don’t like me. They are being provoked by other staff members who want me to leave,” she was quoted as saying by CNN-News18.
With agencies input