Overview
- A case was registered on December 4 under the POCSO Act, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the IT Act after the school alerted authorities.
- Four students aged 12 to 15 were apprehended, produced before the Juvenile Justice Board and ordered to the Observation Home for Boys until December 19.
- The 11-year-old told police he was assaulted over roughly two months in a school washroom, with threats involving a knife and blackmail using a recorded video.
- A teacher came across the footage, prompting the principal and the victim’s parents to file a complaint, and the child has undergone medical examination and counseling.
- Investigators are analyzing phones to identify creation and circulation of the video and are probing whether other students were involved or present.