School bus driver arrested for sexually assaulting 4-year-old in Navi Mumbai
Police are looking into the complaint that the accused may have inserted a pencil-like object into the boy's private part.The police are going through CCTV footage of the bus on which the boy travelled to school. They are also looking at whether a lady attendant was present inside the bus or not. The possibility that the accused might have entered the school is also being looked into.Local political parties have also expressed deep shock and staged a protest outside the school after the incident.Last year, in August, two pre-primary girl students were allegedly sexually assaulted by a male cleaner in Badlapur, which led to widespread public outrage.advertisement
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