India, March 12 -- A 33-year-old school bus driver who had been sexually harassing a 13-year-old student for the last seven months was arrested on Monday. The principal was also booked as he allegedly failed to report it to the police after her parents complained.

The mother told the police that the child was being harassed since August 2024. "The driver used to pick up the girl and her brother first in the morning and drop them last after school. He would ask her brother to sit at the back seat or see outside before inappropriately touching the victim," said an officer from Sion Police Station. The girl experienced the same harassment when the driver touched her under the pretext of helping her board and deboard the bus, he added.

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