Click to play videoNew Delhi: In Bangalore, the headmaster of a premier school has been arrested on charges of child abuse. This after a complaint was lodged by parents of one of the students. The headmaster of Trio International School, Paul Mikken, a UK citizen is currently out on bail. The police had booked him under the Juvenile Justice Act. This is also the same school which urged its students to add their teachers on their Facebook friends list.
Paul Meekin said, "We don't want to intentionally interfere with their lives but the point is they are children and they tend to make mistakes and while we won't be monitoring what they're saying 24/7, we do want to keep track of what they are doing online."
B Dayananda, Joint Commissioner, Bangalore East, said, "Police complain have been registered against the principal. He was arrested and sent to judicial custody."
Trio World School said it is appalled by the turn of events. In fact, in a written statement the school said. "The management will not tolerate any such issues even if it is a mere allegation and would not spare any effort to get to the bottom of the truth and to ensure to uphold the high standards maintained by the institution."
"We are deeply shocked and saddened to state an unfortunate issue wherein on Friday, 20th January 2012, a parent approached the school administration with a complaint that the headmaster, Dr Paul Meekins, was allegedly having inappropriate chatting session with the pupil. Immediately the management convened an emergency meeting and decided to suspend him from his current responsibilities forthwith pending investigation not withstanding his past laurels. Thereafter, a police investigation was initiated and we have extended full cooperation to the police authorities," it said.
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