Class 5 Delhi student gang-raped, school peon held

March 23, 2023 21:36

A class 5 student was allegedly gang-raped by a 54-year-old peon working in her Municipal Corporation of Delhi-run school and his three accomplices after sedating her, the police said on Thursday.

The peon, identified as Ajay, has been arrested, they said, adding efforts are being made to nab his associates.

The police said Ajay, a native of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh who lived in Ghaziabad, was working as a peon at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi-run school for the last 10 years.

The Delhi Commission For Women has issued a notice to the city police and the MCD in connection with the incident.

According to the police, the incident took place on March 14.

Since the incident, the girl had stopped going to school and also skipped her final exams.

The MCD said in a statement that show cause notices to the principal of the school and the class teacher have been issued for not taking a prompt action ie, not informing the higher authorities immediately.

The incident came to light when the student's teacher contacted her brother and enquired about her absence from the final exams.

Her brother informed the teacher about the incident, police said.

As per the complaint, the accused took the girl to an unknown place from the school, sedated her with some unknown substance and committed gangrape with his associates, the police said.

Deputy commissioner of police (East) Amrutha Guguloth said the principal of the Ghazipur school along with her fellow teachers reported the incident to the police on Wednesday. -- PTI

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