Six-year-old girl allegedly molested by cleaner in school, man arrested

Bangalore: A school cleaner has been arrested in west Bangalore after a six-year-old student of Lower Kindergarten complained to her teachers that he had allegedly molested her. The girl told her teachers that some days ago, he had taken her near a toilet where the incident took place.

The accused was working as a cleaner in the school for the last one year. He is a migrant from Gulbarga in North Karnataka. The police have taken the cleaner into custody after the teachers approached a local police station.

The Principal of the School said, "The police team had come to the school based on our complaint on behalf of the student. They had examined our campus and arrested the cleaner. The matter is under investigation."