TEAM HERALD
MARGAO: Mario Chetry alias Kumar (20), a native of Sikkim who was arrested by the Maina-Curtorim police on Friday for kidnapping, was on Saturday booked for rape.
The Maina-Curtorim police said the police slapped the rape charge against the accused after medical examination of the victim, who is a minor girl, revealed that she was sexually assaulted by the accused. He has also been booked under section 4 of POSCO.
Meanwhile, the bus driver from Borda, Alvaro Furtado, 46, who was arrested by the Margao police for molesting a minor schoolgirl, has been remanded to five-day police custody.
The accused bus driver was hired by a city-based school here to take students for a parade rehearsal at Fatorda on Friday noon when he allegedly molested the minor in the bus.
The accused has been charged under section 354(A)(1) IPC, section 4 of Goa Children Act and sections 8 and 6 of POSCO.
