Schoolgirl sexually assaulted at fake NCC camp, accused held, principal arrested for hushing up crime

A fake NCC camp, failure in due diligence by school, and hush medals have come to script the sexual assault on a 12-year-old girl and its aftermath in a private school in Bargur in Krishnagiri district. The girl was sexually assaulted by a man, who claimed to be a NCC trainer at the camp. On Monday, as details of the case emerged, the NCC clarified that those involved in the alleged incident have no connection with NCC. “Also, no NCC camp was conducted in Krishnagiri district,” it said.

The All Women’s Police Station in Bargur had on Saturday booked a case under POCSO Act after the girl was admitted to Krishnagiri Government Medical College Hospital with pelvic pain on August 16. The survivor was among the 17 students, who had participated in a purported NCC camp from August 5 to August 9 in the private school of which they were students.

According to the FIR that detailed the survivor’s account, the girl and the others were sleeping in the auditorium in the intervening night of August 8 and 9, when in the early hours at 3 a.m., the girl was woken up by a senior girl stating she was being summoned by the ‘NCC coach’ - the main accused, Siva alias Sivakumar. The girl was accosted and raped by the accused.