A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped repeatedly by a teacher inside a madrassa in Mumbra area near Thane, following which the accused was arrested, the police said on Saturday. "The 35-year-old accused, who hailed from Bihar, raped the girl a number of times last week. He was arrested last night," C M Mujwar, Inspector at Mumbra police station told PTI.
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He said the accused was an Arabic language teacher who had joined the madrassa just 15 days ago. After the girl told to her mother about her ordeal, a complaint was lodged at Mumbra police station last evening, the police inspector said. A case for raping a woman under twelve years of age of age and relevant sections of the Protection of Children From Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012 was registered, the police said, adding a probe was underway.
