Gujarat: Principal arrested for allegedly killing schoolgirl after she resisted sexual abuse
The man confessed to the crime after he was questioned about the student’s absence from the school that day and his time of leaving the premises.
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The principal of a government primary school in Gujarat’s Dahod district was arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing a six-year-old girl after she resisted his attempt to sexually abuse her, reported The Indian Express quoting police officials.
The mother of the student had asked the principal to take the girl along as he was driving to the school from her village on Thursday, the police said.
The police said that the principal had confessed to the crime after he was questioned about the girl’s absence from the school that day and his own time of leaving the premises.
He allegedly disposed of the body in the school’s backyard after the students and staff had left, having concealed it in his car throughout the day.
Rajdeepsinh Zala, the Dahod superintendent of police, said that the police had recorded testimonies of the girl’s classmates, teachers and residents of the area. The investigation revealed that the child was last seen with the school principal, he said.
“Her mother had seen her off at their village home at around 10.20 am that morning and entrusted her to the principal, who was to take her along to the school in his vehicle…” the police official was quoted as saying. “However, from the statements of other students and teachers, we...
