Hyderabad: Retired railway employee held on rape charge of 12-year-old student

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.

Police said that the man, identified as N. Satyanarayana Rao, had raped six girls over the past one year, by luring them into his house by promising to give them chocolates and cash. He was arrested on Wednesday after the parents of the 12-year-old student complained to police.

“The minor girl, a class VII student, complained to her parents about the sexual assault by the old man who was living in the neighbourhood. They approached us on Monday night,” said Police Inspector N. Venkata Ramana.

After sexually assaulting and raping them he would threaten them to keep quiet about what happened.