Hyderabad: An 85-year-old, retired railway employee was arrested by Kushaiguda police for sexually assaulting and raping a 12-year-old class VII student after luring her with chocolates on Wednesday.
“He lived alone at his residence in Kapra circle; his two sons lived elsewhere. Since he stays in the same colony as the girls, he was a familiar face to them. He would lure the minors by giving them chocolates and also '50 or '100 occasionally,” said the ACP of Alwal, Syed Rafeeq.
“The man has been doing this to minor girls of the area since a year now,” said the Additional DCP of She Teams Rachakonda.
“Out of the six girls, four said that he had physically harmed them when they refused and later gave them chocolates to calm them down,” added ACP Rafeeq.
Kushaiguda police have booked cases under section 376 (rape), 342 (wrongful confinement), 363 (kidnapping), and 366 of the Indian Penal Code and under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the SC/ST Acts.
The accused Satyan-arayana Rao has been sent to judicial remand. The girls have been sent to Gandhi Hospital for a medical examination necessary while investigating complaints of sexual assault.
