Yavatmal, Maharashtra, Police arrested a person in connection with sexual assault on at least eight children by the driver and the cleaner of their school bus in Maharashtra's Yavatmal, bringing the total number of arrests to four so far.
On Saturday, Deepak Jiwne, president of the education society that runs the school in Yavatmal's Wani village was arrested as he neglects the incident.
Earlier, bus driver Surendra Sav, cleaner Kiran Brahmane and a female bus assistant was arrested on the basis of a joint complaint filed by eight parents on Friday.It has been claimed by parents that the accused assaulted their children for the last one month.
According to police,“they also seized two buses in which the children were allegedly assaulted”.
Police officer Mukund Kulkarni said, "Deepak Jiwne, president of the education society which runs the 'Dreams Play School', was arrested yesterday.
Surendra and Kiran were booked under charges of rape, assault, and provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.Police officer said that, all the accused are in police custody and will be produced before court tomorrow for an extension.