A six-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by the physical instructor of the school, where she studied, in South-East Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin area. The accused, identified as 32-year-old Jeetendra Kumar, has been arrested and sent to Tihar in judicial custody. The accused has been booked under Sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
“The incident came to light around 10 days ago when the girl refused to go to school. When her parents enquired with she revealed that Kumar had allegedly touched her inappropriately,” said a senior police official.Her parents lodged a complaint with the police following which the case was registered and nabbed Kumar from his residence in Ambedkar Nagar area where he lived with his wife, police said.