Principal, Accused Of Sex Assault On 7-Year-Old, Offers Shocking Defence

A school principal in Jharkhand, arrested for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old, has admitted the crime in front of the media, but brushed it off as a mistake and that too a small one, since there was "no intercourse". S Xavier, who heads a school in Koderma district, had allegedly taken the child - a student of upper KG -- to the school toilet on Wednesday, stripped her and touched her inappropriately. When she started crying, he gave her some money and told her not to report the matter to anyone, the child has said.