Driver | Hyderabad, April 18 (Hydnow): A fast-track court sentenced a driver of a private school in Hyderabad to 20 years in jail for sexually assaulting a four-year-old student.
The court held Beemana Rajani Kumar (34) guilty and awarded the sentence. It, however, acquitted school principal S. Madhavi. Rajani Kumar, who was working as the principal’s driver, was arrested on October 19 last year for sexually assaulting the LKG student. The Principal of DAV Public School in Banjara Hills was also arrested for negligence. The incident came to light after the victim’s parents noticed behavioral changes in her.
When enquired, she told them that Rajani Kumar had been sexually assaulting her for the last three months. He used to take her from the classroom to the digital classroom. Sometimes, the accused took her to the inside room of the school, removed her clothes, and sexually assaulted her. Rajani Kumar was booked under Section 376 a and b of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 6 read with 5 m of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. (Hydnow)
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