Machilipatnam: K Venkateswara Rao (40), a government school teacher, was on Thursday arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl student at Agiripalli Elementary School in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh.
According to police reports, the girl studying in Agiripalli Elementary School told her mother about the incident complained of pain on Tuesday. She was later admitted to Vijayawada Hospital for further treatment and her mother on Thursday lodged a complaint at Agiripalli Police Station.
Following this, cases under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and SC and ST Atrocity was registered against the accused and he was subsequently arrested and kept in police custody. Further investigation is on, said a police source.