India, Jan. 23 -- A four-year-old girl, a student at a private English-medium school, was sexually abused by the driver of her school van on Thursday evening while she was being dropped home alone.

The accused driver has been arrested, and the child was taken to a hospital for medical examination, police said.

According to officers, the girl usually reaches home around 12:30pm, but on Thursday she was dropped off at 1:30pm. Upon arriving home, she appeared visibly terrified and remained silent initially. Later that evening, when questioned by her parents, she disclosed the abuse.

Her parents lodged a complaint at the Badlapur police station around 5:45 pm. Acting on their statement, police arrested the van driver the same day.

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