New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI) An 11-year-old girl was allegedly molested by a teacher in a private school in northeast Delhi's Yamuna Vihar area, police said on Saturday.

Rajeev (37), who works as a lab assistant in the school, has been arrested, they said.

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According to police, the class 6 student on Friday reported that the accused had molested her in the school, a senior police officer said.

Following this, the accused, a resident of Ghaziabad's Loni was arrested the same day, police said.

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Rajeev has been working in the school for the last five years, the officer said, adding a case has been registered against him under sections of the IPC and POCSO Act at Bhajanpura police station.

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