Minor girl molested in school bus

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Hyderabad: In a shocking incident, a six-yearold girl student of Loyola Convent High School, Saroornagar, was allegedly molested by a former security guard of the school, while she was returning home in the school bus on Saturday. Based on a complaint lodged by the girl’s grandfather, police registered a case against the 55-yearold former security guard, Ramulu, and bus driver Tirumalesh on Monday. The victim is a Class II student of Loyola Convent High School at Venkateswara Colony in Saroornagar and her father is an employee of APTransco in Nizamabad. According to police, unlike everyday the school bus returned half-an-hour late at 1.30 pm on Saturday. “When the girl came home, family members noticed that she was weak and thought that it was because she did not have breakfast. But later they noticed that her clothes were torn and there were nail marks on her legs,” DCP, LB Nagar, M Kantha Rao said. On Sunday, family members along with representatives of ABVP approached the school principal to complain about the issue. In a fit of rage, some ABVP activists thrashed the school bus driver, Tirumalesh. In the meanwhile, police reached the spot and controlled the situation. Police said while the bus was on the way to the girl’s house at Brindavan Nagar, a former security guard, Ramulu, boarded the bus mid-way. By the time, the school bus reached Brindavan Nagar, only three persons—the girl, the driver, and the former security guard—were present in the bus. “The girl’s grandfather Narayana Rao in his complaint mentioned that Ramulu misbehaved with the girl and Tirumalesh was the only other person present in the bus,” Kantha Rao said. Based on the complaint, police registered a case under Section 354 (Assault or use of criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against Ramulu and Tirumalesh.