6-Year-Old Girl Raped By Teacher In School Toilet On Pretext Of Taking Extra Classes

A teacher was arrested for raping a six-year-old girl in the school’s toilet. The incident took place in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Friday.

Confirming the incident, police said the teacher was arrested Saturday after the victim’s mother filed a complaint.

"The teacher, a distant relative of the girl, asked her and her younger brother to stay back after the classes, saying he would give them tuition. Subsequently, he sent the girl's brother to a shop to buy toffees and allegedly raped her in the school toilet,” a police officer said.

"When the girl's brother returned, he heard her sister's cries from the toilet. On knocking the door, the accused opened it and fled the spot. The girl narrated her ordeal to her mother, after which a rape case was registered against the teacher on Saturday. Sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act were also added to the FIR," the officer said, adding that the girl underwent a medical examination and the results are awaited.

The incident comes months after a student of grade four was raped by two teachers in the sickroom of a school in the Indian state of Jharkhand. According to the FIR, the nine-year-old victim fainted in her classroom. She was sent to the sickroom by the teacher. A nurse gave her a medicine following which she lost consciousness. The two teachers then raped the girl. The girl’s parents took her to the doctor as she was not keeping well. The doctor felt something was wrong and asked the girl about the same. The victim then narrated the ordeal to the doctor and her parents. A police complaint was filed and the teachers were arrested.