NEW DELHI: A teacher, aged 40, was detained for allegedly sexually assaulting an eight-year-old Class 3 student in a government school in east Delhi, police said Wednesday.The sports instructor in question has been associated with the school in New Ashok Nagar, East Delhi since 2016 and is currently undergoing interrogation, an official said. The incident took place last week when the child was allegedly lured by the man and taken to a secluded place inside the school where he sexually assaulted her. The matter came to light when her mother got suspicious about her child’s behaviour. The eight-year-old narrated what had happened when her mother asked her about it. The parents approached the police on Wednesday after that. Deputy Commissioner of Police (east) Amrutha Guguloth said a team was sent to the spot after they received a call about the incident that happened about four, five days earlier. The girl has been counselled and medically examined. A case has been registered against the accused teacher under Sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code and other relevant sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, Guguloth said.(With inputs from PTI)(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
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