Solapur, April 11: Police have arrested the watchman of the Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Residential Blind School for allegedly raping an inmate studying in the fifth standard.
The watchman, Prakash Manavre (51) was produced before the court today and was sent to police custody till April 13.
According to police, the victim said in her complaint she was first raped in January this year and later on April 2 by Manavre, who had threatened her of dire consequences if she told anyone about the incident.
The victim, belonging to a poor family, was studying in the residential school along with her sister.
–Agencies