A day after Don Bosco school vice-principal Edigious Francis Falcao (61) was arrested by the Yerawada police, one of the three witnesses has said that she was forced by the victim’s mother to make a false statement stating that the accused molested the victim inside his cabin on January 2.

“I was forced to give the statement about the incident, which I had no idea about. Vice-Principal Falcao is a good and kind hearted person, and he has been falsely implicated in this case,” said the witness.