A British national has been arrested in Delhi on charges of sodomising visually-challenged students at the National Association for the Blind in RK Puram area.

The accused Murray Denis Ward, as per preliminary investigation, has been found to be a pedophile by the police. Objectionable material was found from his laptop.

Ward's cell phone was also being examined.

Police received a complaint yesterday regarding sexual harassment of minor kids at the NGO on September 2. The accused aged 54 years was working till April 2017 with Sterlite Technology Limited in Gurgaon. A frequent visitor, the accused was associated as a regular donor with NAB for the last 8-9 years.

He is accused of subjecting 3 minors, all blind residents of NAB, to paedophilic sexual harassment. A case has been registered in this regard under The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.

He had suffered a paralytic attack in February and has been under treatment since then.

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