A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped in a washroom of a private school in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar by a member of the housekeeping staff, police said on Thursday.
The incident was reported on Wednesday and the 22-year-old accused, a sweeper, has been arrested.
The girl had gone to the washroom and sought help, and instead of a woman staff member a male staffer went and allegedly sexually assaulted her, the police said.
After she reached home, the girl narrated her ordeal to her parents who informed the school and subsequently, the police were informed.
A case was registered and the accused, a resident of Dakshinpuri was arrested.
Last month, a seven-year-old boy was found with his throat slit and lying in a pool of blood in a washroom of Ryan International School in Gurugram.
He was allegedly killed by a bus conductor, the police had said.
Also last month, a five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a peon inside the premises of a private school in Shahdara.
The accused was arrested the same day.
