85-yr-old held on rape charge

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-yearold 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.

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 Satyanarayana 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.