Minor molested in west Delhi school

New Delhi: A four-year-old girl was allegedly molested in the washroom of a prominent school in west Delhi’s Vikaspuri area, police said today.

After the child got back home from school on September 16, she told her parents that a mustachioed man allegedly took her inside the washroom of the institute around afternoon and molested her, said a police officer.

Her parents then lodged a complaint in Vikaspuri police station and a case under the relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) has been registered, he said.

The police has begun investigating the matter by questioning the employees of the school and teachers, the officer said.

CCTV footage is also being scanned to gain clues about the culprit, but no suspicious activity has been detected in it.

Police has not ruled out the possibility of an outsider’s entry in the school premises, he added.