Kripa Alva team meet the assaulted boy

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, July 10, 2015 : As per press reports, the 14-year-old lad,  allegedly assaulted by a driver-cum-cook at a hostel in the city July 6, cried  as the Chairperson of Karnataka Commission for Protection of Child Rights Kripla Alva was leaving the child care centre in Gurupura, after hearing him for nearly 30 minutes on July 9.

The boy wanted to be sent  back to the hostel in the city where he suffered burns on the neck after the cook allegedly placed a hot ladle on him.   The boy has been in the child care centre since last three days.

The boy’s hostel mate, with whom the former had a fight that led the driver-cum-cook to allegedly place the ladle, who is also in the same child care centre, also started to cry. The two pleaded with  Alva to send them back to the hostel and be with their familiar friends.   The boys said they were uncomfortable.  Alva  consoled the two boys and said they need to be in the childcare centre for few more days.

Kripa  Alva on July 9,  went with officials from Women and Child Welfare Department to see  the injured boys  lodged in the childcare centre in Gurupura.   The two boys narrated the whole sequence of events.  It seems the boy did not have any grouse against the person who allegedly placed the hot ladle, as stated by  Alva.  

During the interaction, the injured boy expressed his dream of becoming an engineer, while the other boy said that he wanted to become a chartered accountant. 

Complaint :  Meanwhile, the Mangaluru East police, who have registered a complaint of assault, said they are yet to record further statement of the boy regarding the incident. Child Welfare Committee Chairman K. Nikesh Shetty has asked the hostel management to keep the accused driver-cum-cook under suspension till the inquiry into the incident was over.