Agra Sep 2 (IANS): A music teacher from Pakistan, who allegedly raped a minor girl at her residence in Vrindavan for three consecutive days, was arrested on Wednesday.
The accused, Anand Kumar, a resident of Karachi, has been staying in the holy town on a tourist visa for the past many years, police said. Kumar was known to sing bhajans and teach music, added a police officer.
Vrindavan Kotwali in-charge Avadhesh Pratap Singh said an FIR has been registered and the accused was arrested from Imli Tala on Parikrama Marg, on the basis of an FIR filed by the victim's father and has been sent to jail.
The girl, a Ukraine national, was staying with her father in the Chaitanya Vihar neighbourhood, police said. Her parents, both Krishna devotees, are divorced and live separately.
Mathura SP Uday Shankar said the accused has been arrested and an inquiry ordered.
The accused has been charged under the POCSO Act.