Patna: The authorities at Holy Cross International School in Lekha Nagar in Danapur, where a Class II student was allegedly molested on Wednesday, said on Thursday that they had done nothing wrong, and blamed the protests on vested interests who wanted to put pressure on the school.

"Some local residents who have been exerting pressure on school administration for getting favours such as admission of their wards, or getting third- or fourth-grade jobs," said Mayank Priyadarshi, managing director of the school. "But the school director B.K. Thakur, who is my father, has refused to accept any such demands."

The school is a family-run enterprise. B.K Thakur's wife Sanju Thakur is principal and their sons Mayank and Vishal Priyadarshi look after the administration.

Sources said B.K. Thakur used to run a chemistry coaching institute and around a decade back opened two Holy Cross schools, one near Patliputra station and another at Lekha Nagar.

The Lekha Nagar school was set up in 2013 and now has around 500 students in classes I to XII.

After Wednesday's incident, the family that runs the school has been avoiding the media, but Mayank was spotted outside the school premises pacifying protesting parents on Thursday.

"The school administration, when we came to know about the incident, immediately informed the girl's parents and the police. It was school administration which handed over the sweeper Ramji Prasad to the police," Mayank said.

School sources said leaders of some political parties too have been exerting pressure on the administration to give jobs to their workers in the school.

The protesting parents, however, accused the authorities of running the school arbitrarily and of regularly increasing the fees.

"The fee structure is as exorbitant as premier schools of Patna," said Mukesh Kumar, an agitating parent. "The school charges Rs 2,200 as monthly tuition fee and Rs 1,000 as transportation charges."

He also said the school often takes money from parents ion the name of holding events.