Two minor girls of a residential school in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district were allegedly subjected to sexual abuse by husband of its superintendent over past few months, police said today.
Police have booked the superintendent of Kanya Ashram, located in Dhanora village, and her husband in this connection.
"A case was registered yesterday against Neeta Naag, the superintendent of the Kanya Ashram (residential school for tribal girls) in Dhanora village of the naxal-affected district, and her husband Vinod Naag in connection with alleged molestation of two minor inmates," Narayanpur SP Amit Tukaram Kamble told PTI.
The duo were booked on the complaint of district administration, he said.
Soon after the incident came to light, the accused Vinod fled from the spot while his wife moved to Jagdalpur citing some personal work, he said.
Neeta is told to immediately report to police station even as efforts are on to trace her husband who is currently on run, the SP said.
Meanwhile, Narayanpur Collector (in-charge) Kartikeya Goyal said that acting on the information by villagers on the incident, a team comprising a woman doctor and officials of Women and Child Development Department was rushed to the village following which the case was lodged.
"The victims, both 15 years of age, revealed that the accused Vinod would usually enter inside their room during night hours and sexually abuse them. This has been going on for past several months," the collector said quoting the victims' statement.
However, rape has not been confirmed in their medical examination, he added.
The residential school belongs to Women and Child Development department, but is run by a local NGO Mata Rukhmani Sewa Sansthan.
"Therefore, officials of the NGO are also being interrogated," the collector said.
