NEW DELHI
The principal and attendant of a school in India were arrested, while four teachers and two trustees were taken into custody for allegedly stripping around 10 girls to check if they were menstruating. In a statement released on Wednesday, police said that school staff informed the teachers and principal of bloodstains in the toilets.
To find who was responsible, girls of classes 5-10 were called into the convention hall, where they were shown photos of bloodstains in the toilet and on the tiles.
The students were then asked to reveal who was on their periods. The teachers took down details, including thumb impressions, of the girls who raised their hands, and took the rest of the girls to washrooms where they were stripped and checked by attendants, the statement added.
According to Thane rural police personnel, the accused principal asked the daughter of one of the complainant parents why she was using a sanitary pad when she was not menstruating, accusing the girl of lying and forcefully taking her thumb impression.
