India, Feb. 22 -- Police in Odisha's Kendrapara district arrested four school teachers, including a woman, for allegedly repeatedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old Class VII girl student of a private English medium school over two years. A fifth accused, the school peon, was also taken into custody for abetment and concealment.

The accused - Chandan Kumar Prusty (37), Biswa Ranjan Sahoo (31), Rashmikanta Biswal (47), Minati Bai (34), all teachers, and Rashmi Ranjan Rana (32), the peon - were produced before a court and remanded in judicial custody.

The arrests came hours after the survivor's mother lodged an FIR at Rajkanika police station. The case was registered under provisions for gang-rape of a minor and criminal intimidation of ...