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Sensation in Geku over sexual assault

The sexual assault of a six year old student by a hostel warden at Goko creates no less repercussion among the student fraternity Arunachal Pradesh.  Various organizations have demanded stringent punishment for the  warden who sexually assaulted the minor student.

WSWWS president Marbom Bagra and general secretary Hoksum Ori have questioned the school authority for not placing female warden for the girl child at in Liitung Liimang Public school at Geku.

The women wing has called for close monitoring of all schools and character antecedents of teachers engaged from outside by the education authority and district administration before such heinous crime surface in our society.

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