| Shantiniketan warden arrested for forcing girl to drink urine |
SANTINIKETAN (West Bengal) A hostel warden at Visva Bharati University in West Bengal who allegedly forced a young girl student to drink her own urine as a punishment for bedwetting has been arrested and was also suspended.
Uma Poddar, the warden of Karabi Girls’ Hostel at the University in Santiniketan, was granted bail on Monday by a Bolpur court where she was produced along with the girl’s parents, who were arrested on charges of intimidation and trespassing. Manoj Mistry and Poonam Singh too got bail.
The warden’s arrest in the incident that sparked an outrage came even as the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights slapped a notice on the West Bengal government asking it to probe the matter and submit a report in the next 10 days. The Prime Minister’s Office also sought a report.
Describing the incident as ‘deplorable’, Visva Bharati university vice-chancellor Sushanta Dasgupta said the warden has been suspended.
The warden was arrested for compelling the 10-year fifth-class student, who wet her bed, to drink her urine squeezed from the bedsheet on Saturday night, Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Bolpur Prasanta Chowdhury said. The arrest was made following a complaint lodg-ed with the Bolpur police station by the student’s father, a resident of Mokrampur village, near Santiiniketan. The father had rushed to the hostel on Saturday night and took her home.
When asked whether she was forced to drink her own urine, with salt added, the girl replied in the affirmative. The Visva Bharati authorities has formed a four-member committee to look into the matter and submit a report. University sources claimed the warden had made the girl lick the bedsheet she had wetted and had not forced her to drink her urine.
Press Trust of India
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