Child abuse: Court sends British national to 14-day judicial custody

A Delhi court has remanded a British national, arrested on charges of sexually assaulting three visually-impaired minor inmates of the National Association for the Blind (NAB) in south Delhi to a 14-day judicial custody on Wednesday.

Ward, who was arrested from his house in Vasant Kunj on Tuesday was charged under sections of the Prevention of Child Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

He has been a donor for the last eight or nine years. He used to visit the school run by the association on a frequent basis and has been accused of raping least three children, all under 8 years old.

The 55-year old was a native of Gloucestershire in the UK was working with a private firm in Gurgaon till April.

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