School van driver arrested for sexual abuse of two minor girl students in Pune

As per the FIR, when the girls were returning home in their school van on September 30, the accused driver allegedly touched their private parts with wrong intentions. One of the girls narrated the incident to her mother.

Her parents informed the school authorities and then approached the police to file a complaint against the van driver. The zonal deputy commissioner of police said the accused was arrested soon after the complaint was lodged. “Further investigation is on,” he said.

Speaking to the media, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnav, also the home minister, said an investigation was underway to determine whether the school authorities were at fault in this case. Fadanvis said that authorities of all schools should verify the backgrounds of staff and drivers.