Thane: A 35-year-old man from Bhiwandi in Thane, who used his four-wheeler to ferry school children, was arrested for allegedly raping two minor girls for the last six months, police said today.
The accused, identified as Tulsiram Manere was arrested last night, Inspector S V Jadhav of Nizampura police station said.
The accused allegedly molested and raped the victims, aged around 8 to 9, on several occasions inside his car and also at some other secluded places in the past six months.
As of now only two have disclosed about the offence, but police suspect that Mr Manera might have sexually abused more number of girls travelling in his car.
The incident came to light after the teachers enquired with the parents of the victims about their absence from the school.
"The two girls confided in their parents and told them about their sexual abuse. The parents then informed the school authority about it and subsequently a case was lodged by a teacher," Mr Jadhav said.
The accused has been charged under sections 376 (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code and under relevant sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act-2012, he said, adding, further probe was on.
The accused, identified as Tulsiram Manere was arrested last night, Inspector S V Jadhav of Nizampura police station said.
The accused allegedly molested and raped the victims, aged around 8 to 9, on several occasions inside his car and also at some other secluded places in the past six months.
The incident came to light after the teachers enquired with the parents of the victims about their absence from the school.
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The accused has been charged under sections 376 (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code and under relevant sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act-2012, he said, adding, further probe was on.
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