Children’s facility staffer held for rape, 5 extra ladies come ahead alleging sexual exploitation in Nashik
By PTI
NASHIK: A couple of days after the director of a non-public facility for youngsters in Maharashtra’s Nashik district was arrested for allegedly raping a 14-year-old woman, police officers on Sunday stated 5 extra ladies have spoken about being sexually exploited.
The first incident, based mostly on which the 28-year-old director was arrested, happened within the youngsters’s shelter in Mhasrul on October 13 but it surely got here to mild on November 23 after the woman filed a grievance, the police official stated.
The accused had forcibly taken the 14-year-old sufferer to a makeshift tin room within the parking space of the constructing, confirmed her an obscene video clip on his cell phone after which raped her, he stated.
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He was arrested after a case of rape and different offences had been filed underneath the Indian Penal Code, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
“Five more girls have told police they were sexually exploited by the accused. They have been subjected to a medical check-up and the reports are awaited. We have also recorded the statement of the owner of the house from which the shelter was being run,” he stated.
The accused is in police custody until November 30. Further probe based mostly on the brand new statements and allegations is underway, he added.
NASHIK: A couple of days after the director of a non-public facility for youngsters in Maharashtra’s Nashik district was arrested for allegedly raping a 14-year-old woman, police officers on Sunday stated 5 extra ladies have spoken about being sexually exploited.
The first incident, based mostly on which the 28-year-old director was arrested, happened within the youngsters’s shelter in Mhasrul on October 13 but it surely got here to mild on November 23 after the woman filed a grievance, the police official stated.
The accused had forcibly taken the 14-year-old sufferer to a makeshift tin room within the parking space of the constructing, confirmed her an obscene video clip on his cell phone after which raped her, he stated.
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He was arrested after a case of rape and different offences had been filed underneath the Indian Penal Code, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
“Five more girls have told police they were sexually exploited by the accused. They have been subjected to a medical check-up and the reports are awaited. We have also recorded the statement of the owner of the house from which the shelter was being run,” he stated.
The accused is in police custody until November 30. Further probe based mostly on the brand new statements and allegations is underway, he added.
