August 18th 2023.
On Thursday, an incident occurred in a higher secondary school in Bicholim, North Goa, where at least 11 girls were hospitalised after some fellow students used pepper spray on them. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has directed state police and the education department to conduct a thorough inquiry of the incident.
The police have asked the school management to set up a disciplinary committee and investigate the incident while Bicholim police inspector Rahul Parab has asked for CCTV cameras to be installed on the premises. Director of Education Shailesh Sinai Zingde has issued a show cause notice to the school management to take action for failing to prevent the incident.
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Amit Patkar and party MLA Carlos Ferreira visited the students at the district hospital. Amit Patkar expressed his surprise that students would resort to such mischievous behaviour and said that some parents had informed him that a similar incident had happened on last Friday, although at a smaller scale.
The Chief Minister's office issued a single line statement that the CM has directed the police and education department to conduct an inquiry about the incident. Majority of the students, except two, are expected to be given discharge soon. It is important for the school to take strict measures to ensure that such incidents are not repeated in the future.
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