India, April 11 -- Jehanabad police on Friday arrested a 46-year-old canteen guard of a residential school for the alleged murder of a five-year-old UKG student. Officials confirmed that the child was sexually assaulted before being killed.

Superintendent of police (SP) Aprajit Lohan said, "The accused, Mukesh Kumar alias Sudama, was arrested following a probe by a special investigation team (SIT). A post-mortem examination conducted by a three-member medical board at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) confirmed sexual assault."

A day earlier, the principal, who is the prime accused, was arrested for attempting to conceal the incident and initially portraying it as an accident, the SP said.

According to police, the incident took...