Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (Chhattisgarh) : Chhattisgarh Police have arrested the principal of a school in Chhattisgarh's Sarangarh-Bilaigarh district for allegedly molesting a seven-year-old girl student, said police on Monday. The accused has been identified as Gajendra Prasad, principal of a government school under Saria Tehsil of district Sarangarh Bilaigarh.
According to the police, after the minor girl told her relatives about the misdeeds of the principal, a meeting was held by the villagers on Sunday evening, in which the accused Prasad was also called. The villagers thrashed the accused and he somehow saved his life by hiding in the school. After getting the information about the incident, the police team immediately reached the spot and took the accused principal into their custody. As soon as he was made to sit in the car, the angry villagers present on the spot tried to attack him," said Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kukreja.