Bhopal

Enraged over the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl in a private school in Bhopal, members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) along with other Hindu organisations staged a protest on Thursday.

Around 200-300 protesters assembled outside the school located near Bhadbhada Dam, under Kamla Nagar police station demanding that the school be bulldozed.

The protestors burned the effigy of the accused teacher and damaged the boundary wall of the school. Sources said that the ruckus created outside the school that was in session at that time, resulted in the children inside their classrooms being terrified.

There is a heavy deployment of police personnel near the school and some areas have been cordoned off with heavy barricading by the police.

CM Mohan Yadav has also expressed shock over the incident and urged Madhya Pradesh HC Chief Justice to conduct the trial in the case in a fast track court and give rigorous punishment to the culprit.

The accused teacher, identified as Kasim Rehan, was arrested after a team of doctors confirmed rape. An FIR has been lodged under the POCSO Act and a probe is underway. The victim is undergoing medical treatment, police said.