31 August,2011 07:41 AM IST | | Anurag Jadli
Accused has been arrested
A four-year-old Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan student was molested by the school's security guard on Monday morning. A senior police official said the accused was arrested, after the victim's parents approached the police. An FIR under Section 354 (molestation) of IPC was lodged at Tilak Marg police station.
No security: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan School, in New Delhi on
Tuesday. PIC/Imtiyaz Khan
"The accused, identified as Virender Singh, a native of Madhubani in Bihar, had been working at the school for the last six months. He was remanded to 14-day judicial custody," said the official.
He said the victim lives in ITO and studies in Nursery wing of the school. On Monday morning, the girl went to play in school lawn during recess, when she was molested. He told her not to tell about the incident to anyone.
She, however, narrated the whole incident to her mother. Her parents decided to inform the police on Tuesday.
The police also took the help of an NGO in the case and took the victim to the hospital for medical check-up. The accused denied all allegations.
