India, May 8 -- A staff member of a private school in west Delhi's Janakpuri has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a three-year-old girl student on the premises, a police officer said on Friday.

The accused was arrested on May 1 and granted bail by a Delhi court on Thursday. Deputy commissioner of police (west) Sharad Bhaskar said the incident came to light on May 1, when the survivor's mother filed a complaint at Janakpuri police station, alleging that her daughter was "sexually assaulted" during school hours by an unknown staffer. Based on the complaint, police registered a case under section 64(1) (punishment for rape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

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