Class 1 student abused by school bus conductor
By the time the teacher learnt about the assault, the bus had started moving. She stopped the bus and informed the transport in charge. The accused bus conductor was handed over to the police.
A POLICE OFFICER
NEWDELHI: A six-year-old girl student of a prominent private school in Vasant Vihar was sexually assaulted earlier this month allegedly by a conductor in a bus when it was parked inside the school premises.
The conductor, who molested the girl in the presence of other students on December 12, has been arrested. The matter came to light when the children informed a teacher and she raised an alarm.
It remains unclear how the young students were inside the bus without a supervisor. The teacher who informed the school authorities refused to speak on the subject when Hindustan Times contacted her.
However, in her statement to the police, the teacher concerned said on the day of the incident when she entered the bus, which was set to leave the school, she was approached by a bunch of children, including the victim, who studies in Class 1.
The children reportedly told the teacher that the conductor went to the girl’s seat and touched her inappropriately besides trying to forcefully hug her.
“By the time the teacher learnt about the assault, the bus had started moving. Upon learning about the conductor’s alleged act, she made the bus stop, which was still inside the school premises. The teacher then informed the transport in charge and the caretaker of the school, who slapped the conductor in the presence of another teacher and the children,” said a police officer.
The 21-year-old accused, Mohammad Ahsan, was made to deboard the bus which proceeded to drop the children. The school authorities then informed the police and got Ahsan arrested.
The victim is a resident of west Delhi and after she was dropped at her home, her parents were told about the alleged incident.
Ahsan is a resident of Sheikh Sarai and hails from Uttar Pradesh.
“We have registered a case under relevant provisions of IPC and POCSO and the accused has been arrested. He has been now sent to judicial custody,” said a senior police officer.
In the wake of the murder of a student in Gurgaon’s Ryan International School, the Delhi government had ordered police verification of the staff of all government and private schools in the national Capital.