BENGALURU: Bengaluru police have arrested the principal and chairman on East Bengaluru school , where a 3-year-old was sexually harassed on Monday. The arrest comes a day after the experts’ committee to prevent crimes on women and children, found the security guard, who allegedly sexually harassed the girl, was hired without any background checks.

On Thursday Indiranagar police arrested the secretary and the head mistress of the school (names withheld) under section 188 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and 336 (An act endangering life or personal safety of others), of the Indian Penal Code, apart from various sections of POCSO act.

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Committee had reported that apart from failing to do background check, the school management had not maintained any documents pertaining to the guard's attendance and details of salary and other documents.

Additional commissioner of police (East) P Harishekaran said: “The school failed to follow guidelines issued by both the police and the education department for safety of children at school. Because of which the officials have been taken into custody.”

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The school had claimed that the incident did not take place in their campus. They had told media that the entire school was covered with CCTV cameras and they did not register any incident. These statements were made even after the security guard confessing to the crime to the investigators. The security guard is currently in judicial custody.