Bengaluru: The principal and president of a Bangalore&nbsp;school, where a three-year-old girl was allegedly sexually&nbsp;assaulted by the watchman, were arrested today for not&nbsp;complying with orders issued by police on safety measures.
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The incident had triggered protests by parents of students who had clashed with the police on Tuesday.
"Principal and the school president have been arrested for&nbsp;not complying with the orders issued by the Commissioner of&nbsp;Police (on safety measures)," Additional Commissioner of&nbsp;Police (Bengaluru East) P Harishekaran told PTI.&nbsp;He said they have been arrested under section 188 IPC&nbsp;(Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and&nbsp;section 336 IPC (Act endangering life or personal safety of&nbsp;others).
Parents of the girl had approached police after they came&nbsp;to know about the incident as she complained of pain in her&nbsp;private parts after returning from school in the afternoon on&nbsp;Monday.
The girl was immediately taken for medical examination at&nbsp;government-run Bowring Hospital and a case was booked under&nbsp;Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Police&nbsp;had arrested the watchman of the school on Tuesday following&nbsp;the complaint.
Following series of sexual assaults on minor girls at&nbsp;schools in the city last year raising questions about their&nbsp;safety, Bengaluru Police had issued safety guidelines for&nbsp;schools that included installation of CCTV cameras, deputing&nbsp;of floor vigilance officer and confining areas like gym and&nbsp;swimming pools and other sports facilities to authorised&nbsp;persons among others.&nbsp;
The safety guidelines were found to be breached in several&nbsp;cases.
National Commission for Women Chairperson Lalitha&nbsp;Kumaramangalam had yesterday said schools cannot absolve&nbsp;themselves of responsibility in cases of sexual assault on&nbsp;children, as she took cognisance of the incident.

The principal and president of a Bangalore&nbsp;school, where a three-year-old girl was allegedly sexually&nbsp;assaulted by the watchman, were arrested today for not&nbsp;complying with orders issued by police on safety measures

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