In a case of food poisoning, 25 minor girls studying at Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Hostel, Damaracherla, Nalgonda fell ill after consuming unhygienic food prepared at the hostel.
Reports say that the hostel cook, named Ali, was not maintaining proper personal hygiene and served filthy food to the students.
A few students speaking to the media said “Ali uncle (hostel cook) is very unhygienic & filthy. His sweat falls on the food. We stopped eating tiffin in the hostel.”
The cook also reportedly gives ‘lustful’ looks to students and misbehaves with students.
“He behaves badly with us and gives us lustful looks. We want cook Ali uncle to be suspended from duty”, students can be heard saying in a video.
"Ali uncle (hostel cook) is very unhygienic & filthy. His sweat falls on foodstuff. We stopped eating tiffin in the hostel. He behaves badly with us and gives us lustful looks. We want cook Ali uncle to be suspended from duty": (1/2) pic.twitter.com/LwpuBBuDAo
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The girls also said that the toilets are not in good condition with the doors not having proper latches. They said that they felt insecure in the school environment.
In light of this, legal activism collective Legal Rights Protection Forum (LRPF) has written to the Nationnal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to take necessary action against Ali and file a case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code & POCSO Act.
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