category Regional, chandigarh, , tags Regional, chandigarh, , DW BUREAU Chandigarh The Haryana Assembly on Friday witnessed a verbal exchange between Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala and Congress member Geeta Bhukkal over the arrest of a school principal in Jind in sexual harassment case. As allegations and counter allegations were levelled, Speaker Gian Chand Gupta assured the House that a written request on Assembly s behalf will be made to the Punjab and Haryana High Court for a thorough probe into the matter by a HC judge. The JJP leader Dushyant said the accused principal had faced allegations in 2005 and 2011 too, but a compromise took place at Jhajjar residence of Bhukkal in 2011 when she was Haryana s Education Minister at that time in the then Congress government to stall registration of a FIR against the accused. However, Bhukkal refuted allegations against her as baseless and asked Dushyant to apologise. During the Zero Hour, Geeta Bhukkal while referring to the sexual harassment allegations levelled against the accused school principal by several female students of the school, said daughters are not safe even in educational institutions. She then raised the matter to the school in Uchana in Jind district. The accused principal was last month booked under various provisions of the law, including Sections 354-A (sexual harassment), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 342 (wrongful confinement) of the Indian Penal Code and under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Dushyant, who is MLA from Uchana, said the accused principal had faced complaints even in 2005 and 2011. Who got him transferred to Uchana in 2011. Who was the Education Minister then, Dushyant asked. He also said the then Congress government prevented a complaint lodged in the form of a Daily Diary Report against the accused should not be lodged as a FIR. Bhukkal said either Dushyant should give proof to back his allegations or apologise in the House. In a village in his Uchana area, several girls are sexually harassed, she said, while accusing Dushyant of diverting from the issue by levelling baseless allegations against her. During the verbal exchange, she made some remarks against Dushyant, which were expunged by the Speaker. (editor dailyworld.in)