Noida private school employee arrested for assaulting student: police

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Noida private school employee arrested for assaulting student: police

September 16, 2024 06:42 IST

The arrest came after the girl's parents filed an official complaint against the 30-year-old suspect.

An employee of a private school in Noida's Sector 115 has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old student multiple times, police said on Sunday. The arrest came after the girl's parents lodged a formal complaint against the 30-year-old suspect, who works as a principal at the school.

A case under section 74 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (assault on a woman) has been registered against the school principal, police said. (Representational image)

“The suspect targeted the student. He was arrested on Saturday immediately after the student's parents lodged a complaint at Sector 113 police station, based on which a first information report was registered,” said Krishna Gopal Sharma, in-charge of Sector 113 police station.

Police said the girl's father said the suspect sexually assaulted her at least three times and threatened her with dire consequences if she told anyone. But the girl informed her parents about the suspect's actions, police said.

A case under section 74 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (assault on a woman) and sections 7/8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act has been registered against the suspect, police said.

This is the second time that a minor has been sexually assaulted at a private school in Noida in the past week.

Four people, including the principal and a teacher of a private school, were arrested last week for allegedly trying to hush up the sexual harassment of a six-year-old student by a 25-year-old man on the premises of the school in Noida's Sector 12 on September 10, HT reported.

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