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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Samuel Osborne

British volunteer teacher arrested in India for alleged sexual abuse of three blind boys

A 54-year-old British man has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing three blind students at a school in India.

Murray Dennis Ward had been associated for nine years with the New Delhi school run by the National Association for the Blind, initially as a donor and later as a volunteer teacher, police said.

School authorities contacted the police after the boys, aged 14 and 15, complained about the alleged abuse.

Ward appeared before a judge after his arrest and was ordered to be held in police custody while investigations were going on.

Police have seized his laptop computer and found some "objectionable videos," local media reports say.

His mobile phone is also being examined over claims he also circulated some videos on WhatsApp. 

Ward hails from Gloucestershire in the UK.

He had been working with a technology company in the New Delhi suburb of Gurgaon until April.

A police officer Ishwar Singh told reporters the British high commission in New Delhi had been informed of the arrest

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