Police summons school Principal over Issuance of fake DOB certificate:Bandipora rape case

Police on Monday summoned Principal of a private school for allegedly issuing a fake Date of Birth (DOB) certificate in favour of a youth accused of  raping a  3-year-old minor girl in Sumbal.

SSP Bandipora Rahul Malik told local news agency that the fake DOB has been issued by the Ali Mohammad Thakur, Principal High School Islamia Educational Trust Trigam.

“Yes, we have brought him for questioning with regard to the Issuance of DOB showing the accused as minor. We are inquiring the matter as to how it happened,” SSP said.

Police on Saturday said that it has constituted a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to probe alleged rape of a minor girl in Sumbal area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district.

SSP Bandipora Rahul Malik had said that that the SIT comprising SDPO Sumbal, SHO Sumbal and Sr PO has been constituted to investigate the entire case.

“The age confirmation of the accused will be determined on the basis of scientific ,medical test to be conducted by a team of senior doctors,” SSP had said.

The police have already arrested the accused and an FIR number 81/2019 under section 363/342/376 stand registered against the accused namely, Tahir Ahmed Mir at Police Station Sumbal.

Malik earlier had said, “We have arrested the accused and booked him under RPC. Now we are adding POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012) to the FIR.”

POCSO has been enacted at the  national level in India to provide a robust legal framework for protection of children from offenses of sexual harassment and pornography, while safeguarding the interest of the child at every stage of the judicial process.