A school cook in Vasai East was held on Wednesday for sexually assaulting a nine-year-old. Police said that on Tuesday, the accused lured the girl with special food in the kitchen when she was going to the washroom during lectures. After sexually assaulting the child, the 57-year-old accused gave her R10 and threatened her not to tell anyone about the incident. 

The girl is a 4th standard student and lives with her parents. When residents of the area got wind of the incident, they assaulted the cook inside the school on Wednesday before police arrived to arrest him.