2 girls to drop out of UP school over sexual harassment

Muzaffarnagar: Two girls have dropped out of a government-aided school alleging sexual harassment by a youth at a village in neighbouring Shamli district, the police said today.

The girls, who are sisters and students of Class 9, alleged they were harassed by the accused a number of times on their way home from the school in Simbhalka village, Circle Officer Ashok Kumar said.

The parents of the girls, aged 16 and 17, in a complaint filed with the police said their daughters stopped going to school a few days ago following repeated incidents of sexual harassment, he said.

The police have registered a case against the accused, Sudhir Kumar (22), and arrested him. In another incident, a juvenile allegedly tried to rape a two-year-old girl in the Jhijhana police station area, according to Station House Officer MS Gill. 

The incident occurred yesterday. SHO Gill said the police have registered a case against the accused and apprehended him.