Gujarat govt school principal held for killing child for resisting bid to sexually molest her

When questioned, the principal initially insisted that he had dropped her at the school after picking her up in his car, the police officer said. Later, he confessed before the police to killing the girl, he said.

On the way to their school, the principal tried to sexually molest the girl. When she resisted, he covered her mouth and nose to stop her from screaming, thereby making her unconscious, Zala said.

“The principal reached the school and parked his car with the girl’s body inside. At 5 pm, he took out the body and dumped it behind the school building. He then planted her school bag and slippers in her classroom,” Zala said.

Technical analysis and the time when he left the school in the evening made him the prime suspect, and he confessed to the crime after interrogation, he said.

A day after the girl’s body was found, her post-mortem report revealed that she died from smothering, Zala said.

When the child did not return home after school hours, her parents and relatives launched a search and found her lying unconscious in the compound behind the school building.

The child was taken to the Limkheda Civil Hospital, where doctors declared her dead, he added.