Mumbai, August 9: In a shocking incident, a four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a peon in Mumbai in Malad’s ICSE Board School. The police arrested the accused, reported news agency PTI. The child’s mother filed a complaint against the culprit on August 5. Senior police inspector Rajaram Vhanmane of Dindoshi police station said that the peon allegedly sexually assaulted the girl inside a washroom of the school between August 1 and 4. Also Read - Mumbai Local Train Update News Today: Daily Suburban Services to be Increased From Tomorrow; Bank Employees Allowed to Travel in Locals

“We subsequently identified and apprehended the accused yesterday,” Vhanmane said, adding the accused was produced in a local court which remanded him in police custody till August 11. On Tuesday, many parents gathered outside the school and protested against the management. “The parents want assurance of safety of their children,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone-12) Vinay Rathod said. “Why is the principal quiet? She has to take responsibility. What did the class teacher do when the child did not come back from the toilet soon? We want a solution. I cannot send my daughter to this school,” said Sheetal Mehta, mother of a class five student, as quoted by Mumbai Mirror. (ALSO READ: Mumbai: Parents Detained For Protesting Against Rape of 4-Year-Old in School By Peon) Also Read - Mumbai Local Latest News: 10% Employees of Private Banks Permitted to Travel on Suburban Trains | Read Here

“If the student does not return to the class for a long time, how can the teacher not notice? The management wants to hush up the matter,” said another worried parent Indrajeet Singh. The police charged the man with rape under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), informed Senior Inspector Rajaram Vhanmane. The police are examining school’s CCTV footage from August 1 to August 5 between 11.30 am to 1.30 pm, during which the alleged offence took place. Also Read - AirAsia Announces Flights on Mumbai-Guwahati, Mumbai-Srinagar Routes From Tomorrow | All You Need to Know

The school’s principal told the worried and angry parents who were protesting that the school manager said they would replace all the male staff inside the school building with female staff, including PT, computer and dance teacher. The school will not allow the male security guards posted at the gate to come inside the building. More CCTV cameras will be installed, the school said. When the protest intensified, BJP MLA Ashish Shelar visited the school and made an aborted attempt to broker peace. Parents, however, heckled the school manager and a teacher who denied the incident ever took place.

(Inputs from PTI)