Lucknow,

19 July (HS): A case of rape of a four-year-old girl by a school van driver has

come to light in Indiranagar police station area. The police registered a case

on the complaint of the victim's family and arrested the accused. A case has

also been registered against the school manager.

Deputy

Commissioner of Police (East) Shashank Singh said on Thursday, the victim's

family filed a complaint in Indiranagar police station. The victim said that

her four-year-old daughter studies in a school located in Sector-10. A school

van is used to pick her up and drop her. The woman said that recently the van

driver Mohammad Arif, a resident of Lavkush Nagar, had misbehaved with her

daughter. When she came home, the daughter told her about his misdeeds. When

she approached the school manager Sandeep Kumar with a complaint, he did not

take any action on it. Meanwhile, the driver threatened the family. After this,

the victim's family filed a complaint against the accused driver in the police

station on July 17. The police took cognizance of the case and arrested the

accused Mohammad Arif on the night of July 18. The DCP said that on the

complaint of the victim's family, a case has been registered against the

accused under serious sections and he has been sent to jail. At the same time,

a case has been registered against the school manager for negligence.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi