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Attack on school was planned: TMC

| | Feb 14, 2015, at 05:29 am
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS): The Trinamool Congress on Friday said the alleged vandalization of a convent school in south Delhi by miscreants in the intervening night of Thursday-Friday was 'planned'.

Trinamool spokesperson Derek O'Brien tweeted: "Spoke to authorities in Delhi. Security CCTV system first destroyed before school was vandalized. Suggests attack well planned."

He said: "Does not matter if the Delhi school is run by Christians,Hindus,Muslims or atheists... children have been violated."

The school in Vasant Vihar - Holy Child Auxilium- is where also Human Resource Minister Smriti Irani studied.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the same day summoned Police Commissioner of Delhi B.S. Bassi and expressed his deep concern and anguish over the rising crime rate in the national capital in the wake of the vandalism in a convent school in south Delhi

The Prime Minister asked the Police Commissioner to speedily investigate the recent incidents of vandalism and ensure that the guilty are brought to book.

Modi also spoke over telephone to the Union Home Secretary L.C. Goyal.

He has asked the Home Secretary to pay special attention to the rising incidents of crime, and vandalism, and to work towards ensuring the safety and security of women in the capital.

Earlier, there were reports of a series of attacks on churches.

Earlier, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had instructed Delhi Police to beef up security of churches and other places of worship in the wake of the recent attacks on churches across the national capital.

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