India, July 10 -- Police have arrested the principal and another staffer of a private school in Thane where girl students were allegedly made to strip to check if they were menstruating, officials said on Thursday.

The incident occurred at the R S Damani school in Shahapur area of Maharashtra's Thane district on Tuesday after bloodstains were found in its toilet, they said.

It sparked an outrage among the girls' parents, who protested on the school premises on Wednesday and sought action against its management and teachers involved in the episode.

The police on Wednesday night arrested the school's principal, and a woman attendant who allegedly stripped the students and checked their private parts for menstruation, an official from Sha...