BHOPAL, Jan. 28 -- Police have arrested the principal of a government school in Madhya Pradesh's Anuppur district on charges of molesting three minor girl students, an official said on Sunday.

The 61-year-old accused had been committing the offence for a long time, Kotwali police station in-charge Arvind Jain said.

Following a complaint by the victims, all Class 11 students, a probe was launched into the matter and the CCTV footage of the higher secondary school was also examined, he said.

After receiving the investigation report from the six-member internal complaint committee of the school, a case was registered against the accused on Saturday and he was arrested, the official said.

The accused was booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya San...