A 61-year-old local Shiv Sena leader has been arrested for allegedly raping a minor, who studied in a school run by him, with the crime coming to light after the girl recently delivered a child.
Vasudeo Nambiar, the district deputy chief of Shiv Sena who also owns a school and a temple in Kashimira township of Thane, was arrested on Friday.
The girl studied in Class 2 at the school run by the accused, who took her out several times with him on the pretext of visit to the temple and then allegedly raped her repeatedly in February.