Father Leo D’Souza, a residential missionary school headmaster in southeastern Madhya Pradesh’s Dindori district, was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old student.
The assault happened at Amar Jyoti School in Amarpur village, about 440km from Bhopal.
The headmaster allegedly summoned the Class 8 boy from his hostel room on July 9 and tried to rape him before he managed to escape, police said.
“The boy told his parents about the assault and they informed us about it. We arrested Leo D’Souza from Jabalpur on Monday night,” said Sanjay Sonwani, in-charge of Amarpur police outpost.
Dindori police superintendent Simala Prasad said school authorities and students were being questioned to find out if the 50-year-old man had committed similar acts before.
