Police officials said that Nirala was arrested after the victim's father registered a complaint with Bhajanpura Police. The victim Sheela (name changed) is a third standard student at Hi Tech Model Public School.

"After coming back from school on Friday evening, the girl told her mother that the principal called her to his room after lunch hour. He made her sit on his lap and touched her private parts," a senior police official said.

Sheela's mother told her husband about the incident the next morning, who, alongwith some men barged into the school, pulled the principal out and beat him up before handing him to the police. “A case of attempt to rape and outraging the modesty of a girl has been registered against the principal and he has been arrested. We are investigating the matter," DCP, NorthEast, Jaspal Singh told Newsline. Nirala will be produced in court on Sunday morning.