Bhubaneswar: The Odisha police arrested a man who allegedly raped a four-year-old girl on the school campus in Gangapada area on Thursday. The man has been identified as the driver of the victim’s school van.
The driver lured away the child to the school toilet on Thursday and raped her there, police on Friday.
The incident came to the light when the girl returned to home and informed her mother about it.
"We have arrested the driver after the girl identified him. A case has been registered at the Mahila Police Station here," commissioner of police Y. B. Khurania told reporters.
The medical examinations of both the victim and the accused have been done, he added.
The matter comes to light even as the state government faces criticism over an incident in which a tribal man had to carry the body of his wife for over 10 km after allegedly being denied a vehicle by the hospital authorities in Kalahandi district.
