A class nine girl was arrested for sexually assaulting a class two girl inside the school premises in Delhi‘s Moti Nagar. The girl arrested is not a minor and has failed two times in class ninth. The Class 9 student has been arrested under Sections 328/34 IPC and 6, 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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Deependra Pathak, Special Commissioner of Police, told CNN-News 18 that the police received a complaint on Saturday. “The girl who was assaulted complained about the incident to her parents on Saturday. We acted promptly on the complaint. Two girls were found to be involved. While one has been arrested, the other has been detained. We are trying to verify the latter’s age,” said Pathak.
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According to police, the victim said she was being sexually abused and assaulted for the last four months. Police are now trying to find out whether other children in the school were subjected to abuse.
Pathak said that the police will start counselling other students in the school to make children aware of sexual abuse. “Girls keep quiet about it. The need of the hour is to speak out,” said Pathak.