- A report has revealed that at least 1400 children were sexually abused by a large number of perpetuators in the South Yorkshire town of Rotherham between 1997 and 2014.
- Further, because of dysfunctional local administration and no channels of communication between the police, child protection coordinators, and elected Councillors, no action was taken in at least previous 3 inquiries.
- Children as young as 11 were raped by large number of male perpetuators, beaten, abducted, trafficked and threatened.
- Although majority of them were identified as ‘Asian’ by the victims, the Councillors did not engage the Pakistani community to which most of the perpetuators belong.
- The staff members were apprehensive of identifying their ethnic origin for fear of being branded as racist.
- The leader of the Rotherham Council Roger Stone has resigned and there are demands for Police and Crime Commissioner for South Yorkshire to step down as well.
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/1400-children-were-sexually-assaulted-in-uk-town-report/article6361773.ece