The Evry prosecutor’s office opens an investigation for “rape and sexual assault” at Polytechnique – Archyde

An investigation for “rape and sexual assault” was opened by the Essonne prosecutor’s office after a report made by the Polytechnic school, reveals France Inter this Thursday. The investigation was entrusted to the Palaiseau Gendarmerie Brigade according to public radio. The questionnaire, conducted from January 19 to February 6, in consultation with the students, “follows the actions committed at CentraleSupélec at the end of last year. We decided to react immediately by launching an investigation ourselves to find out what was going on at the École Polytechnique, “said François Bouchet, director general of the prestigious engineering school, on Tuesday, confirming information from the newspaper. The world. The management of CentraleSupélec took legal action last fall after a survey of students revealed around a hundred sexual assaults and rapes during the 2020-2021 academic year. Polytechnique, the questionnaire was completed by around 2,100 young people out of the 3,300 who joined X between 2018 and 2021, “i.e. more than 60% of responses, a very high participation”, noted this week the director general of the elite school. “We suspected that there would be cases of sexist and sexual violence that would come up, harassment, exhibitionism, unwanted contact because we also have a listening cell which had been seized of certain cases”, underlines- he.