Bangalore: Police here achieved a breakthrough Saturday in the alleged sexual abuse of a nursery student in a private school by arresting the school’s office assistant after the child identified him during the investigation, a top official said.
“We have arrested office assistant Gundappa, 45, of Orchids The International School for allegedly committing the heinous crime after the victim identified him in a photo during the investigation,” city police commissioner M.N. Reddi told reporters here.
Police learnt from the school management that the accused was working there since the last two years.
“Identification of the accused through pictures was conducted through a special agency and the victim’s statement was recorded before a magistrate under section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC),” Reddi said.
As the incident involves a three-year-old girl, Reddi said the investigation team could not get more information from her as she was yet to recover from the trauma and was too young to be questioned for long.
“It is an extremely sensitive case. We could not gather more evidence from a tender victim. As the investigation is still on, we cannot reveal more in view of the case sensitivity,” Reddi said.
The criminal case was registered late Tuesday under sections 4 and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 and section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on a complaint by the child’s father that his young daughter was molested while she was in the school. (IANS)
