<p>An eight-year-old girl was raped allegedly by a 15-year-old boy inside a private school in Beas near here, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>The accused, a Class X student, has been arrested and produced before a juvenile court in Amritsar which has sent him to a correction home, Deputy Superintendent of Police Harkrishan Singh said.</p>.<p>The incident took place on December 13.</p>.<p>Enraged over the incident, a number of parents staged a protest outside the school squatting close to the Amritsar-Delhi National Highway and demanding strict action against school authorities for failing to ensure safety of children.</p>.<p>Police said the father of the girl had dropped her at school in the morning and later in the day he got a phone call from school authorities that the child was crying.</p>.<p>The father was later told that a boy had misbehaved with the girl following which he took her home.</p>.<p>However, on reaching home, the girl complained of severe pain and narrated the incident to her mother.</p>.<p>The police was subsequently approached and a FIR under section 376 IPC (punishment for rape) and under the provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences was registered against the accused.</p>.<p>Many protesting parents claimed that after committing the crime, the accused took away the DVR (recording unit of CCTV camera) installed inside school premises.</p>.<p>They also alleged that the incident happened due to negligence of the school management and demanded a case be registered against them.</p>.<p>"Investigations are underway," the DSP said.</p>
<p>An eight-year-old girl was raped allegedly by a 15-year-old boy inside a private school in Beas near here, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>The accused, a Class X student, has been arrested and produced before a juvenile court in Amritsar which has sent him to a correction home, Deputy Superintendent of Police Harkrishan Singh said.</p>.<p>The incident took place on December 13.</p>.<p>Enraged over the incident, a number of parents staged a protest outside the school squatting close to the Amritsar-Delhi National Highway and demanding strict action against school authorities for failing to ensure safety of children.</p>.<p>Police said the father of the girl had dropped her at school in the morning and later in the day he got a phone call from school authorities that the child was crying.</p>.<p>The father was later told that a boy had misbehaved with the girl following which he took her home.</p>.<p>However, on reaching home, the girl complained of severe pain and narrated the incident to her mother.</p>.<p>The police was subsequently approached and a FIR under section 376 IPC (punishment for rape) and under the provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences was registered against the accused.</p>.<p>Many protesting parents claimed that after committing the crime, the accused took away the DVR (recording unit of CCTV camera) installed inside school premises.</p>.<p>They also alleged that the incident happened due to negligence of the school management and demanded a case be registered against them.</p>.<p>"Investigations are underway," the DSP said.</p>