(Online Desk)

A class I student was allegedly molested by the school staff at Sant Nirankari Public School at Malviya Nagar in New Delhi, according to the news agency ANI.

The accused who is a housekeeping staff has been reportedly sent to judicial custody.

The case was reported yesterday afternoon when the student had gone to the washroom at her school. The child returned home at 2.30pm and told her mother about the incident, according to a Hindustan Times report. The parents then informed the school principal, after which police were called.

(More details awaited)