NOIDA: A housekeeping staffer was arrested for allegedly raping a student of a junior wing on the premises of a private school in Noida last week.
The man, a resident of Nithari who was hired a few months ago on contract, allegedly took the three-year-old girl to an area out of the school’s CCTV coverage on Oct 9 and sexually assaulted her, police said.
She was taken to a doctor after her parents noticed the child was unusually quiet after she returned from school that day but complained of severe pain in the lower abdomen when asked.In a complaint submitted at the sector 20 police station on Oct 10, her family stated a private doctor, who had examined the child, alerted them about injuries on her private parts and possible “molestation by inserting something in her private part”.
The child, who later con fided in her parents, said a man who handed out plates at their school had “pricked” her private parts, leaving her in pain. The girl had refused to go to school in the days following the incident, her parents said.
Noida DCP Ram Badan Singh said the accused works in the school’s housekeeping department and was booked under BNS section 65(2) (rape) and relevant sections of the Pocso Act. He was arrested on Oct 10. Police said the school’s management would also be questioned in connection with the case.
A statement released by the school stated, “Considering the kind of security and systems that are in place at the school, the incident in question is unlikely. No evidence has been found in the CCTV footage examined by the police so far. However, full support is being extended to the parents and the police. The investigation is in progress by the police. The school has requested a copy of the FIR.”
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
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