'He touched her private parts, she writhed in pain,' mother of 4-year-old recounts horror

On Thursday, Delhi woke up to a news that shattered all beliefs of safety and security.

At a time, when the national capital is debating about how safe are Delhi schools, a sexual assault case has sparked more outrage.

The fact that the assaulter is none other than the classmate of the four-year-old victim is beyond any stretch of imagination.

As the details of the assault start surfacing, the mother of the victim has given a chilling testimony of the crime.

Recalling the horror story, the mother told NDTV that how her daughter came home and complained about 'tummy pain'.

The mother thought that the child is throwing 'tantrums' until she saw her daughter's private part red and swollen.

It was then the child broke down and told her about how a classmate would touch her private parts. 'He sharpened his pencil and put it in too,' the child told her mother.

Writhing in pain, the child then confided in her father. It was only beginning of the traumatic journey of the child and her parents.

The mother alleges that the school didn't take her complaint seriously. She said that despite the child narrating the incident word by word in front of the Metropolitan Judge, nothing has been done so far.

The parents also said that the school can't shrug from its responsibility to keep their child safe.

This starling case shows the poor safety protocols followed in schools. The mother says that the teacher left the class in hands of an 'aaya' who didn't notice that her child came out last from the class or that she was disturbed.