School bus driver arrested on molestation charge

Odisha Channel Bureau Angul, Dec 20: Angul police have arrested a school bus driver on the charges of molesting of a Class-V girl student of Angul Saraswati Shishu Mandir.After the classes were over on Friday afternoon the 12-year-old-girl came inside the school bus before her friends.The driver molested her finding her alone in the bus, according to the police.The driver was in an inebriated condition when he committed the offence, police said.The girl’s parents lodged a complaint with Angul police after she narrated the incident to them in the evening.Police arrested the 22-year-old driver Pinku Naik, resident of a nearby village, and forwarded him to the court on charges of molestation.Police also arrested the school Principal and Vice-Principal on charges of neglect.But the two were released on bail from police station, according to the police.