School that ran period check remains shut, 3 more arrested

Have recommended cancellation of the school's registration: Women’s panel chief during Thursday visit

- Anamika Gharat

A day after public outrage over alleged forced menstrual checks on students in a Shahapur school in Thane district, three more arrests were made on Thursday, taking the total number of arrests to five.

The accused include the school principal and attendant who conducted the checks. The school, a private, English-medium, coed institution, also remained shut on Thursday.

Parents, furious at the incident, where schoolgirls were asked to strip, to check whether they were menstruating after bloodstains were found in the school toilet, pointed to recurring water shortages in the washrooms, which had compromised sanitary practices.

They said that on Tuesday too, when the incident took place, there was no water in the toilet.