The authorities in Madhya Pradesh’s capital Bhopal on Tuesday demolished the home of a school bus driver who has been arrested for allegedly raping a three-and-a-half-year-old nursery student, PTI reported.
“The revenue and Bhopal Municipal Corporation [BMC] squads in a joint operation demolished the bus driver’s illegal house,” Sub-Divisional Magistrate Kshitij Sharma said.
While there are no provisions under Indian law to demolish the home of anyone accused of a crime, this pattern has been regularly observed across Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states.
Authorities demolished the house of a school bus driver who has been arrested for allegedly raping a 3.5 year-old nursery student in Bhopal. Along with the bus driver, a woman attendant who was present inside the vehicle when the incident took place last has also been arrested. pic.twitter.com/CFfS2gPAea
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The child, studying at a private school in the Bhopal, was allegedly sexually assaulted by the driver on September 8 while she was returning home in the bus. According to a complaint by her parents, a woman attendant was present when the assault took place.
After the incident, the driver changed the child’s school dress with a spare one that was kept in her bag. The child’s mother grew suspicious when she returned home in the changed dress and inquired about…
