Details of British national accused of sodomising shared with Interpol

The Delhi Police on 20 October submitted details of the case involving Murray Dennis Ward, a British national, who is accused of sexually abusing blind school kids, to Interpol's nodal office in India.

Interpol suspected Ward's profile to be similar with a person accused of child abuse four years ago in UK, after which it sought the British national's details for clarity.

The Patiala House Court had on Wednesday sent the British national to 14-day judicial custody.

On September 4, the Delhi Police arrested Ward on charges of sodomising visually challenged students at the National Association for the Blind (NAB) in R.K. Puram area in New Delhi.

Ward was a frequent visitor and a regular donor with NAB from the last eight to nine years.

He is accused of subjecting three minors, all blind students of NAB, to paedophilic sexual harassment on September 2.

A case was registered in this regard under Protection of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Ward, 54, hails from UK's Gloucestershire and was working with Sterlite Technology Limited in Gurugram till April 2017. 

-ANI