32-year-old Ghaziabad school principal arrested for raping Class 6 student for two months

The girl has been sent for medical examination and her statements before a magistrate have been recorded. Legal action will be taken according to the girl’s statements, said superintendent of police

A 32-year-old principal of a private school in Ghaziabad was arrested Saturday on charges of raping a Class 6 student for over two months.

The principal would allegedly target the girl after school hour by holding her back for extra classes. (Representative Image/HT)

“The girl has been sent for a medical examination and her statement before a magistrate has been recorded under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. We have arrested the suspect and legal action will follow according to the girl’s statements,” said the superintendent of police (rural)Iraj Raja.

Police said the crime was reported to them by the child’s mother on Thursday based on which an FIR was registered against the suspect, who went on the run as soon as the girl’s family approached the police. He was nabbed from Nahal near Dasna on Saturday, police said.

In her complaint to the police, the girl’s mother said, “For the past couple of days, my daughter seemed lost and depressed and we thought that she was unwell. On Thursday morning, she refused to go to school. When I asked her the reason, she narrated her ordeal.”

She further said, “The school principal has been targeting her for two months. After school, after the other stduents left, he would hold back my daughter for extra classes and proceed to sexually assault her. He even threatened to throw her two siblings into a nearby canal if she told anyone about what the sexual violence. My two other children study in classes 1 and 3 of the same school.”

Ever since the alleged incident was reported on Thursday, the school has been mostly deserted.

“We have at least 200-225 students and none has attended school since the allegations were made. My brother is innocent. He and his wife, who is seven months pregnant, operate the school. Due to financial issues, they removed a couple of teachers and these people connived with the girl’s family and levied allegations against my brother,” said the suspect’s brother.

“The parents of the girl have not paid any fee for the past 3-4 months and that is why they have made up a false case,” he alleged.

The girl’s mother denied the allegations. “We have no fee pending. My daughter is still in a state of shock and she hardly ventures outside the house; she keeps to her room. The school officials are trying to spread falsities in order to cover up the crime,” she said.