Although Jasuben Kansara, a member of the GSCW, had visited Patan around the same time when the NCW's team did, the state body has strangely been reticent about its preliminary investigations into the matter.

The NCW's two visits had drawn a censure on the way the state government had handled the incident, but the GSCW's initial remarks have been less condemnatory of the state machinery.

Its preliminary demands included a lady principal for Patan PTC, evolving ways that decreased the weightage ascribed to the internal marking system and improvement of all around safety for the girl students.

The NCW, on the other hand, had demanded a CBI inquiry, the dismissal of teachers involved in the case, revocation of their degrees and complete socio-economic rehabilitation of the victim.

Reacting to this, GSCW's newly-appointed president Jayshree Patel said, “Only the first step of our inquiry is over. The commission will examine all aspects of the

incident in greater detail in the second stage. Also, the CID (Crime) investigation is on and we are waiting for its report. We had also

demanded a fast-track investigation into the case and will be monitoring it closely.”