Baripada: An assistant engineer of Shymakhunta block in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district was arrested for allegedly performing unnatural sexual acts with several male students of a government-run tribal residential school.
The accused, identified as Prashant Kumar Senapati (45), visited Bhanjabhumi Sanskrit Vidyalaya in Harishchandrapur village and inspected ongoing development works of the school on Sunday.
Police sources said the engineer reportedly took nine hostel inmates to an under-construction toilet building and asked them different questions.
In the evening, the accused again reached the school hostel and lured the boys to the under-construction toilet. Taking advantage of the secluded spot, he reportedly touched the private parts of the minors at around 7 pm. Senapati also threatened the boys not to disclose the matter to anyone.
The boys later narrated their ordeal before school headmistress, who lodged an FIR in the local police station. Based on the complaint, police registered a case and detained Senapati for interrogation and later arrested him
The accused was produced in court and remanded in judicial custody after his bail was rejected, police added.
