Saharanpur, May 25: Police on Saturday arrested a school headmaster accused of raping a minor student here, police said.

Superintendent of Police (Rural) Sagar Jain said that police arrested Sanyasi Singh for the alleged rape of a 15-year-old class seven student. He was arrested from near Ghaas Mandi Tiraha, police said. Fake Rape Case in Uttar Pradesh: UP Court Convicts Woman for Falsely Accusing Man of Rape, Sentences Her to 1,653 Days of Imprisonment.

Jain said that on May 22, on the complaint of the father of the girl, police had registered a case against Singh. It is alleged that he called the student to his home and raped her.