AHMEDABAD: In a macabre incident, a principal choked a six-year-old girl to death for resisting rape. The incident happened at Dahod in Gujarat. The police have arrested the principal of the school Govind Natt (55). Her body was found dumped in the compound of the school.

The body of the six-year-old girl was found Thursday evening. The post mortem revealed that she was suffocated to death. The police then formed 10 teams to investigate the incident. The girl’s mother told police that her daughter went to school with Govind Natt every day.

Govind told police that he had dropped her at school. The police were not convinced and when examined his phone, found that he was in school that evening. On being grilled, he confessed to the crime.

‘He picked her from home at around 10.20 am, but she never reached school. The students and teachers confirmed this. He tried to sexually assault her on way to the school. When she started shouting, he choked the girl to death.

On reaching school, he left her body in his car and locked it. At around 5 pm, he dumped the body behind the school building. He then kept her school bag and shoes outside her classroom, said the police.