Varanasi,

7 Dec (HS): A 45-year-old cricket coach was detained here on Sunday for

allegedly sodomizing two juvenile boys, police said. On Saturday, a case was

filed against coach Muralilal under the Protection of Children from Sexual

Offences (POCSO) Act and other relevant provisions of legislation, after a

complaint filed by the boys' families. According to authorities, the offender

was apprehended shortly thereafter.

According

to Bhelupur Additional Commissioner of Police Gaurav Kumar, the parents said

that their sons, ages 14 and 15, used to train under Murarilal. The offenders

reportedly sexually attacked one youngster in Lucknow on the guise of

performing medical checks for the on-14 squad. Later, he abused the second

youngster for three days, according to the ACP.

According

to officials, the event came to light after one of the boys became unwell and

was brought to a private hospital, where he reported it during a medical

examination. They said Murarilal, a divorcee, was detained by Lanka Police in

2021 for sodomizing youngsters in exchange for their admission to a Central

school.

The

accused confessed to the police that he had molested more than 500 children in

the past five years. Bhelupur Inspector Sudhir Kumar Tripathi's team arrested

the accused, Murarilal, from the Sirgovardhan area. During interrogation, the

accused admitted that he had previously committed similar heinous acts with

other children.

More

than 500 children have been targeted since 2020. In 2021, the Lankan police

sent the accused to jail in a case of unnatural rape on the pretext of getting

children admitted to BHU Kendriya Vidyalaya.

ACP

Bhelupur stated that the accused has no family support. His wife divorced him

before the COVID-19 pandemic due to his misconduct. FIRs have been filed

against him at the Lanka and Bhelupur police stations under various charges,

including POCSO. Bhelupur Inspector Sudhir Kumar Tripathi stated that the

accused targeted only teenagers. He became emboldened by the fact that

teenagers didn't speak up.

Falling

to his knees before the police, he declared that he no longer wanted to live:

After being arrested, the accused, Murarilal, fell to his knees while appearing

before the media. He folded his hands and apologized to the police, telling

them that he no longer wanted to live. He regretted his actions.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi