A six-year-old girl was raped inside a private school in south Delhi by a school employee on Wednesday afternoon.

Police have arrested the accused who is a house keeping staff and had joined three months ago.

The latest incident exposes the vulnerability of schoolchildren towards sexual crimes in schools. Delhi police had recently promised to improve security and conduct character verification of every school employee across the city.

The latest case was reported on Wednesday afternoon when the 6 year-old-girl, a student of Class 1 had gone to the girl’s washroom inside her school. According to the complaint by her parents, the child returned home at 2.30pm and told her mother about the incident. The parents then reached the school and informed the principal, after which police were called.

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The child’s father said the woman employee who was supposed to assist children was not in the washroom at the time. “She had been sent downstairs for some work. After using the washroom, my daughter called the woman for help but the male employee entered and assaulted her sexually. My daughter shouted and rushed to her class,” he said.

The girl returned home and informed her mother about the incident. Police said the child was rushed to AIIMS where doctors confirmed rape. A case of rape and under sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act(POCSO) was registered.

Doctors reportedly told the girl’s parents that she will have to undergo a surgery to treat her internal wounds. “ We are in shock and have nothing to say. We send our kids to get educated and not to be victims of such perverts loitering in schools,” the father said.

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An investigating officer, who was not authorised to speak on the issue, confirmed the employee’s arrest and said they are probing if the school authorities had verified the man before hiring him.

(Despite phones calls and a WhatsApp message, the DCP South did not respond. The story will be updated.)