Bhubaneswar: A 6-year-old student was choked to death by her school principal in Gujarat’s Dahod district for resisting a rape attempt in a moving car.
According to an NDTV report, school principal Govind Nath, 55, used to take the minor, a Class I student, to school every day in his car. On the fateful day, he had picked up the child at 10:20 am from her house, but she didn’t reach school. Later, her body was found on the school campus in the evening.
Upon investigation, cops unearthed that the principal had tried to sexually assault the girl and then choked her to death for resisting his attempts.
“He picked up the girl from her home at around 10.20 am. Her mother helped her get into the principal’s car and saw her off. But she never reached the school. The school’s students and teachers confirmed this. On the way to school, the principal tried to sexually assault her, and she started shouting. To prevent her from shouting, he choked her to death” a senior investigating officer was quoted as saying.
“Around 5 pm, he dumps the body behind the school building and plants her school bag and shoes outside her classroom. He denied this initially, but we suspected him after the technical analysis,” revealed the officer.
The principal has been charged under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
State Education Minister Kuber Dindor condemned the heinous crime and said, “I am pained by this. We were following this up for three days. We had told police to get to the bottom of this. The principal has been arrested. I condemn this incident and we will take steps to ensure such crimes are not repeated.”