DAHOD: The principal of a government-run primary school in Gujarat’s Dahod district was arrested for allegedly killing a six-year-old girl student after she resisted his attempt to sexually molest her, police said on Sunday.Police launched a probe after the child’s body was found inside the school compound in a village of Singvad taluka on Thursday, an official said.The school principal, Govind Nat, smothered the girl after she resisted his attempt to sexually molest her, said Superintendent of Police Rajdeepsinh Zala.”Around 10.20 am on Thursday, the principal, who was passing by in his car, agreed to take the child to school in the vehicle at her mother’s request. Students and teachers told police that the girl did not attend school that day,” Zala told mediapersons.When questioned, the principal initially insisted that he had dropped her at the school after picking her up in his car, the police officer said.Later, he confessed before the police to killing the girl, he said.On the way to their school, the principal tried to sexually molest the girl.When she resisted, he covered her mouth and nose to stop her from screaming, thereby making her unconscious, Zala said.
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