Student sexually assaulted in Srinagar school, police lodge FIR

Srinagar, August 6

Police registered a case on Tuesday after a private school reported the sexual assault of a minor student within its premises here, officials said.

The school administration submitted a written complaint in the wake of reports on social media about the alleged sexual assault of a student at the school, they said.

“Police has taken cognisance upon a written information by the administrative authority of a particular school regarding the sexual assault on a minor student,” Srinagar Police said in a post on X.

Relevant sections of the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act were registered at the Kothibagh Police Station. — PTI