Washroom birth: Man held for raping student

POLICE arrested the main accused who allegedly raped a 17-year-old student of a residential school in Shahapur taluk, who delivered a baby boy in the washroom of the school hostel on Wednesday.

- RAMAKRISHNA BADSESHI @ Yadgir/Kalaburagi:

Yadgir SP Prathwik Shankar told TNIE on Friday that the accused Bharamanna, the girl's neighbour in her village, had raped her about nine months ago. Bharamanna (29), who is married and has a child, has been booked under the POCSO Act, as well as the Prevention of Atrocities Act, the SP said.