<p class="title rtejustify">A class 9 girl has alleged that she was raped and blackmailed by her school's principal, two teachers and 16 students in Bihar's Saran district, police said on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The principal, a teacher were arrested and four students apprehended for allegedly raping and blackmailing the girl, Superintendent of Police (Saran) Harkishore Rai told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">In her complaint, the girl alleged that she was raped and subsequently blackmailed for seven months by the principal, two teachers and 16 students.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The school is located in Parsagarh village which comes under the jurisdiction of Ekma police station of Saran district, about 35 kilometres from the district headquarters of Chapra.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The SP has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under Deputy Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar Singh, who visited the school on Friday, and made the arrests.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Raids are being conducted to apprehend the other accused, the SP added.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">In the complaint, the victim alleged that she was first raped by some of the students of her school in a toilet in December 2017, Rai said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The students also recorded a video of the act and threatened her to make it viral if she reported the matter to anyone, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">When the victim complained to the principal about the incident, he convinced and persuaded her not to lodge a complaint as the matter would bring disrepute to her and the family, the SP said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The principal along with two teachers, later, also raped and blackmailed her, the girl alleged.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The victim told reporters on Saturday that she could not muster the courage to lodge a complaint with the police since her father was in jail for several months.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The girl's father was released from jail a couple of days ago and a complaint was lodged on Friday.</p>
<p class="title rtejustify">A class 9 girl has alleged that she was raped and blackmailed by her school's principal, two teachers and 16 students in Bihar's Saran district, police said on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The principal, a teacher were arrested and four students apprehended for allegedly raping and blackmailing the girl, Superintendent of Police (Saran) Harkishore Rai told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">In her complaint, the girl alleged that she was raped and subsequently blackmailed for seven months by the principal, two teachers and 16 students.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The school is located in Parsagarh village which comes under the jurisdiction of Ekma police station of Saran district, about 35 kilometres from the district headquarters of Chapra.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The SP has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under Deputy Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar Singh, who visited the school on Friday, and made the arrests.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Raids are being conducted to apprehend the other accused, the SP added.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">In the complaint, the victim alleged that she was first raped by some of the students of her school in a toilet in December 2017, Rai said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The students also recorded a video of the act and threatened her to make it viral if she reported the matter to anyone, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">When the victim complained to the principal about the incident, he convinced and persuaded her not to lodge a complaint as the matter would bring disrepute to her and the family, the SP said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The principal along with two teachers, later, also raped and blackmailed her, the girl alleged.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The victim told reporters on Saturday that she could not muster the courage to lodge a complaint with the police since her father was in jail for several months.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The girl's father was released from jail a couple of days ago and a complaint was lodged on Friday.</p>