After receiving the complaint from the manager of the school, we have registered an FIR against the 53-year-old watchman of the school, a police official said
The victims, aged 17 and 15, are students of the same school, police said. Representational Pic/File
A watchman at a school in Virar in Palghar district of Maharashtra was reportedly arrested for allegedly sexually abusing two male students, police said on Sunday, reported the PTI.
An official said the alleged incidents occurred between June 15 and June 20.
"After receiving the complaint from the manager of the school, we have registered an FIR against the 53-year-old security guard of the school under section 75 (sexual harassment) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and sections 5,8, and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act," the Arnala police station official said, according to the PTI.
The victims, aged 17 and 15, are students of the same school, police said.
Sections 4 and 8 pertain to penetrative sexual assault.
"The alleged incidents occurred in the canteen of the school," Arnala Police stated.
The accused was arrested on Saturday evening, and the investigation is underway, police said.
Woman abducted, raped and dumped on road in Maharashtra's Lonavala hill town; one held
Meanwhile, in an another incident, a 23-year-old woman was allegedly abducted, raped in a car and then thrown on a roadside in Lonavala hill town of Maharashtra's Pune district, police said on Sunday, reported the PTI.
According to a police official, the incident occurred on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday at Tungarli in Maval area of Lonavala, a popular tourist destination located around 80 km from Mumbai.
The police have nabbed a 35-year-old man, resident of Tungarli, in connection with the incident, he said, according to the PTI.
According to the victim's complaint, she lives in the same locality, and was walking home on Friday night when a car stopped near her and a man forcibly took her inside. The accused then took her to an isolated place where she was allegedly raped in the moving car, the official said, as per the PTI.
The victim alleged she was taken to various places in Tungarli and after being sexually assaulted repeatedly, she was thrown on a roadside in the wee hours of Saturday, he said.
The woman then approached the Lonavala City Police Station and lodged a complaint against the man, he said, the news agency reported.
Based on the complaint, a case was registered under sections 64(2)(m) (rape) and 138 (abduction) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the accused was apprehended, the official said, reported the PTI.
The victim's claims were being verified, he said.
She initially claimed three unidentified men forcibly took her in the car and raped her, but during the probe, it came to light there was only one man in the car, the official said.
The probe also indicated the accused was known to the woman, he said.
Further probe into the case was underway, the police said.
(with PTI inputs)
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