10-year-old dyslexic girl raped by principal in Bengaluru school
Bengaluru, Aug 4: A 10-year-old dyslexic girl was allegedly raped by her principal inside the school premises here, police said on Friday.
The accused, Lambert Pushparaj, aged 65, who is also the owner of the school, was arrested in connection with the incident, they said.
The incident took place on Thursday at around 11.30 am inside an empty classroom of the school located in the Varthur police station limits.
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According to police, the girl was lured and taken to the classroom by her principal who then allegedly raped her. After returning home, the victim narrated her ordeal to her mother who then took her to a nearby hospital for medical examination.
Based on the complaint filed by the victim's mother, a case under relevant sections of the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code was registered in connection with the incident, a senior police officer said.
''Our team picked up the school principal and arrested him on Thursday,'' he said. The victim's mother is a housewife and her father passed away in 2020 due to health-related issues, police said.
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Two killed, 12 injured after three-storey building collapses in Indore
Indore (PTI): A three-storey house collapsed in Indore's Ranipura area on Monday night following rains, killing two persons and injuring 12 others, officials said.
District Collector Shivam Verma said that 14 members of a family were trapped under the debris of the building.
Of them, 12 were undergoing treatment at the Maharaja Yeshwantrao Government Hospital (MYH), the officer said, adding the deceased have been identified as Alifa and Faheem.
Dean of the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Dr Arvind Ghanghoria, told PTI that Alifa (20), who was trapped under the debris of the collapsed building, was brought to the Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Hospital, where doctors declared her dead.
The five-hour rescue operation is now over, the district collector said. "The front portion of the building had recently been rebuilt, but the back portion was old. We will investigate the condition of the building's foundation.
Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava said that a portion of the collapsed building fell on a neighbouring structure. Preliminary information suggests the building was eight to 10 years old.
