School principal sacked

Mukesh Tandon

Tribune News Service

Panipat, September 24

Four days after the molestation of a nine-year-old student in the toilet of The Millennium School, the management removed Amita Kochhar from the post of principal today.

The school management issued a press note this evening that in view of formation of a special investigation team by Deputy Commissioner Chander Shekhar Khare to probe the matter, it decided to relieve Kochhar from her post with immediate effect.

The school management appealed to parents to restore calm and come together for reopening of the school in the interests of education of children.

Enraged over the molestation, score of parents took out a protest march from the school to the women police station in Sector 13.

Members of various social and business organisations took part in the march. Hundreds of protesting parents and children held banners demanding justice and safety.

The protesters staged a dharna in front of the gate of the women police station. The gate of the police station was closed and heavy police posse deployed at the dharna site.

The parents staged a dharna for more than three hours and demanded arrest of the school principal. SDM Vivek Chaudhary and other officials tried to pacify the protesters, but they remained adamant on their demand for arrest.

The parents also gathered in front of the school gate this evening and raised slogans against the school management and principal.

Teachers back principal
Teachers of The Millennium School protested at the DC’s residence against sacking of Amita Kochhar, alleging that the principal was removed under pressure. They said principals and teachers of all private schools in the district would take to the streets on Monday if the principal was not reinstated.