OMSK, October 22A criminal case of negligence was opened in the Omsk region after a video appeared of how children in the Bolsheukovsky childhood home bullied a girl, forcing her to wash toilets with her hands, reports the Investigative Directorate for the region on Telegram.
The head of the region, Vitaly Khotsenko, said in his Telegram channel that he ordered an inspection to be carried out at the boarding school.
A video of the abuse appeared on the social network VKontakte. One of the girls, according to the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee, was the head of the group, was the organizer of the process and supervised the actions of her peers. According to the video, the girl was first slapped several times and then forced to wash the toilets in the men's and women's restrooms with her hands. The prosecutor's office of the Omsk region organized an inspection in connection with the incident. The Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the article «negligence».
“…A criminal case has been opened against employees of the state-owned institution of the Omsk region “Bolsheukovsky Children's Home”, suspected of committing a crime under Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (negligence),” the investigation notes.
According to the department, the incident occurred on October 15, “a 16-year-old pupil of an orphanage struck her peer numerous times because she was late for dinner, and also forced her to wash the plumbing.” The department notes that investigators are working on the spot, information is being verified that this is not an isolated incident, video materials are being confiscated, and participants in the conflict are being interrogated. “During the investigation, a legal assessment will also be given to the actions of not only the employees of the orphanage, but also the minor who caused the beatings,” indicates the Investigative Directorate.
The Omsk governor noted that he ordered an inspection of the boarding school. “I learned about an incident involving minors that occurred in the Children’s Home in the Bolsheukovsky district. I instructed the Deputy Chairman of the Government and Minister of Education of the Omsk Region, Ivan Ivanovich Krott, and the Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Elizaveta Evgenievna Stepkina, to organize an inspection of the boarding school,” Khotsenko wrote in his Telegram channel .
He added that psychologists from the regional family support center will be sent to the children on Monday to help them cope with stress. The head of the region set the task of checking all other institutions in the region where children left without parental care are being raised.