Bangaloreans understood my pain: Girl's dad

BANGALORE: As Bangaloreans rose as one to make the city safer for children, the father of the six-year-old girl, who was sexually assaulted allegedly by a skating instructor on her school campus, waited at home with his daughter tight in his arms.
Overwhelmed by the city's response, he believes he's vindicated as a father for going to the police. For he had decided to take up the fight only to safeguard other little children in his daughter's school.
"When I heard about the rape of my daughter, the first image that flashed in my mind was that of playful girls of her age in her class. I've been to that school many times. I've seen those happy faces. Who would be the next, I thought. I had to protect innocent girls who could have gone through what my little one had. It was not about courage; it was a father's reaction," the father told TOI.
But he had no inkling of the scale of the response.
"I didn't expect it to be so big. I didn't even know what the outcome of my complaint would be. But Bangaloreans came out because they understood the pain of a parent. They knew what I was going through."
"A school is supposed to be a haven for children. If my daughter can't be safe there, which other place can I trust? The government should take strong measures. The rules on schools should be made more stringent. Education should be imparted in a safe atmosphere," he added.
His daughter, he said, is slowly coming out of the trauma. She's still undergoing therapy and he's unsure how long it will continue.