Gorakhpur, Oct. 6 -- The manager of a private school was arrested on Monday for sexually assaulting a Class 8 student several times in Deoria, police said.

Circle officer (Sadar) Rajesh Kumar Reddy said the incident was reported to the police on Monday after which the accused school official, Devendra Kushwaha (42), was arrested and booked under sections 64, 65 and 351, which prescribe punishments for rape and criminal intimidation, of the BNS and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

The official said the 12-year-old girl's father, a Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) jawan, lodged the complaint against Kushwaha.

According to police officials, the girl narrated her ordeal to her family and ...