The police said a four-year-old girl has allegedly been sexually assaulted at a well-known Mumbai school, leading to the arrest of a female staffer, reported news agency PTI.

The incident took place on Monday after the girl`s grandmother dropped her off at the Mumbai school, an official from Goregaon police station said on Wednesday.

When the girl returned home, she complained of experiencing pain. After getting her medically examined, the girl`s family informed the school administration and lodged a police complaint, he said, reported PTI.

Based on the complaint, police registered a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and arrested a female staff member of the Mumbai school, according to the official, reported PTI.

However, her role in the alleged assault was not clear.

Police were scanning CCTV footage of the school as part of their investigation.

Three female assistant staff members of the school have been called for questioning, the official added, reported PTI.

Tribal man killed, body dumped near Samruddhi Highway in Thane; 1 held

In another case, four persons allegedly thrashed a tribal man to death following an old dispute and dumped the body near the Samruddhi highway in Maharashtra`s Thane district, police said on Wednesday, reported PTI.

The body was found near Ratandhale village along the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Highway on Tuesday morning, they said, reported PTI.

The accused had a dispute with the 47-year-old victim, identified as Ramdas Gorkhane, a resident of Pradhanpada village, an official from Shahapur police station said, reported PTI.

After a heated argument, they allegedly kicked Gorkhane and also hit him with sticks. When his nephew tried to intervene, the accused asked him to step aside and forcefully bundled the victim into a jeep and took him away, the official said.

At around 5 am on Tuesday, some passers-by found the body near the highway. The body was later sent to the government-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai for forensic examination, the police said.

Following a complaint by the victim`s nephew, the police launched a probe and arrested one of the accused, identified as Sunil Nimse, senior police inspector Mukesh Dhage said, adding efforts were on to trace the others.

A case has been registered against the accused on charges of kidnapping and murder under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita along with provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

(With inputs from PTI)

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