Six-year-old girl killed by principal for resisting assault; body dumped in school compound
PTC News Desk: A startling new development in the inquiry of the death of a six-year-old girl in Gujarat's Dahod district is that the pupil, a Class I, was allegedly choked to death by her school's principal when she refused to submit to his advances toward sexual assault. He then disposed of her shoes and bag close to the classroom, and her body in the school's grounds. Govind Natt, 55, the accused, is in police custody.
The body of the six-year-old girl was discovered on the school's grounds on Thursday night, according to senior police officer Rajdeep Singh Jhala, which caused fear in the neighbourhood. She died via suffocation, according to the post-mortem examination. Ten squads of police were created to investigate once a case was filed.
The girl's mother reported to the authorities that Govind Natt, the principal, was the girl's daily teacher. The principal told the police that he had dropped the daughter off at school and gone to work when they spoke with him.
The police were not persuaded. Govind Natt arrived at school late on the day of the event, according to the GPS data on his phone. The principal admitted to the horrible crime when he was questioned.
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Around 10.20 a.m., he picked up the girl from her house. Her mother saw her off and assisted her in getting into the principal's vehicle. However, she never made it to the school. Teachers and pupils at the school attested to this. The senior officer stated that the girl began to yell as the principal attempted to sexually abuse her on the way to school. The principal then choked the child to silence her.
Upon arriving at the school, the principal locked up his car and left the girl's body inside. "He places her shoes and school bag outside her classroom and dumps the body behind the school building at around five o'clock in the evening. At first, he denied this, but following the technical investigation, we had our suspicions," Mr. Jhala stated.
According to police, Govind Natt is facing serious charges under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita.
According to State Education Minister Kuber Dindor, the occurrence was deplorable for the community. It hurts me to do this. We spent the next three days investigating this. We had instructed the police to investigate this further. The head of the school has been taken into custody. I denounce this atrocity, and we'll take action to prevent such acts from happening in the future."
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- With inputs from agencies
