A sessions court sentenced a man to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment on charge of raping a 10-year-old girl in an apartment at Walkeshwar.

The accused, Ramsingh Kahar, committed the crime at author Gita Piramal's father's house in Mulchand Bhavan near Babulnath temple. Piramal herself turned up as a witness and supported the prosecution in court.

Piramal's NRI brother and sister-in-law Ruchi Kejariwal would stay in Mulchand Bhavan flat whenever they came to Mumbai and Kahar, a servant with one of their relatives, would work for the family.

On May 19, 2006, the accused lured the victim, who lived nearby, to the same building and molested her. The victim told her mother that Kahar had outraged her modesty thrice. The mother informed Gamdevi police station, who filed a complaint of rape against Kahar.

Menaka Rao/ DNA-Daily News & Analysis Source: 3D Syndication