India, July 30 -- A 10-year-old girl studying in Class 6 at a government school in Civil Lines, north Delhi, was allegedly sexually abused repeatedly over nearly three years by the driver and attendant of a privately contracted school van, police said on Wednesday. The abuse came to light after the girl spoke up during a school workshop on appropriate and inappropriate touch.

According to police, the two accused, a 47-year-old school van driver and a 34-year-old vehicle attendant, were arrested after the girl's mother approached the Parivartan Police Mobile Kiosk Team (PPMKT) in Civil Lines and filed a complaint.

Investigators alleged that the girl was repeatedly abused inside the school van while being ferried to and from school. Accor...