Sisters walk home semi-naked after school seizes uniform for not paying fee
In a disgraceful incident, two sisters studying in a private school in Bihar, had to walk back home in a semi-naked state after the school administrators took their uniforms for failure to pay their fees on time.
The incident took place in Begusarai district on Friday. Following media outrage over it, state education minister Ashok Choudhary ordered a probe into the matter on Saturday.
While the younger sister, is 6, the elder, is 8. Both are students of B R Education Academy, Koria. “We were asked to strip by Anjana ma’am when our father told her that he will pay the due fee the next day. At first we refused, but she insisted and forcefully took our clothes,” a teary eyed elder sister told reporters.
Their mother Manisha said, “When their father reached the school at dismissal time, the principal asked him to pay due fee of last two months. He said he will pay on Saturday. But the teacher took my daughters inside, striped their uniform and handed them back to their father only in their underclothes.” She added that the local Mukhiya’s wife took pity on them and gave a gamcha to cover up. “My daughters are only crying and refuse …read more