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A lawsuit was registered nether applicable sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act pursuing which the peon was detained. (File Photo)
The Mumbai constabulary person arrested a 50-year-old peon for allegedly sexually molesting a 10-year-old miss wrong the schoolhouse premises successful the city. Police said the peon is besides accused of manhandling 4 to 5 different students successful the schoolhouse but they person not received immoderate ailment yet.
According to constabulary officials, the incidental took spot betwixt 2 and 2.30 p.m. connected Friday erstwhile the peon on with a squad of wellness experts visited the schoolhouse to behaviour a regular check-up of the students. An serviceman said the accused was “not employed with the schoolhouse but helium works arsenic a peon and was accompanying the squad of wellness experts to the school. He was fixed the occupation of managing students during their exam.”
Officials said that during the process, the accused allegedly touched a 10-year-old miss inappropriately. The miss did not kick astatine that time, constabulary said, but erstwhile she went home, the insignificant confided successful her mother.
“The parents past complained to schoolhouse authorities aft which they came to the constabulary presumption connected Saturday,” an serviceman added.
A lawsuit was registered nether applicable sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act pursuing which the peon was detained.
A elder constabulary serviceman said, “We person arrested the accused and are trying to ascertain whether helium molested others anterior to this.”
Although the constabulary person learnt that the accused had manhandled 4 to 5 students during his sojourn to the schoolhouse connected Friday, the investigators said that parents of those students person not formally complained of immoderate intersexual assault.
In September, a 23-year-old janitor, who was arrested successful August for allegedly sexually molesting 2 four-year-old girls astatine a schoolhouse successful Badlapur (Thane district), was killed successful “retaliatory firing” erstwhile helium snatched a constabulary officer’s work limb and opened fire.
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