An 11-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by an unidentified person in private school premises here in Maharashtra, police said.

The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon in Shivajinagar area, they said. "An unidentified person took the girl to a toilet in the school premises where he allegedly assaulted her sexually and then fled. The girl later informed her friends about the incident. The school then informed her parents and police," Shivajinagar police station's senior inspector Anita More said.