Youtube- Accused, victim, boy suspended

Accused, victim, boy suspended
RMS School Conducting Inquiry Into Youtube Fight
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Panaji: Acting on a complaint filed by a standard XII student against her classmate, who beat her up and later uploaded the contents of the fight on Youtube, the school principal of RMS Higher Secondary School has suspended both the victim, the accused, and another boy, pending inquiry.
School principal Vinod Powar in the notice issued on October 3 said that the two teenage girls and another boy, also a student of standard XII, were “found involved in indisciplinary behaviour, physical assault and video filming the fight on his mobile during school hours and uploading the same on Youtube”.
The notice further said, “They have failed to follow the normal procedure in lodging the complaint to the undersigned (the principal) about the incident.” The notice added, “They are suspended from school till the inquiry is completed. However, they may answer the first term examination scheduled for October 2008.”
Instead of complaining to the principal, the victim had lodged a police complaint on September 13 at 3 pm alleging that her classmate abused her and hit her very badly. She further complained that on the next day she learnt that a video clipping of her being beaten up was uploaded on the net and everyone started calling her up, which put her in an embarrassing situation.
Later the girl’s mother wrote to the principal demanding stern action against the girl student who assaulted her daughter and then displayed video clips of the fight with the help of mobile phones and internet sites, which led to her daughter being “distraught and depressed”.“I am really shocked that the principal has suspended me. We are hurt and furious. After all, why should I be suspended for someone else’s mistake?” the victim said.
“What normal procedure is the principal talking about? When we approached him the first time, he didn’t commit to take any action. Then he advised us to write a formal complaint and my mother lodged a written complaint. And the next communication we receive is that I have been suspended along with the two students,” the victim added.
Director of education Celsa Pinto said, “We are looking into the matter.”

October 7,2008, The Times of India, Goa edition