MH SAWANT: IAS officer who turned out to be serial rapist arrested in Pune

An officer of the elite Indian Administrative Service (IAS) was not just a paedophile but had sexually exploited children for years.

MH Sawant is the man who was arrested for raping girls as small as 8 and 10 year old.

Sawant is 58 years old. He lived in Pune (Maharashtra). Now he has been arrested and is in jail. Sawant's list of crimes is shocking.

The man who was posted as director general (DG) of the Maharashtra State Council of Agricultural Education and Research (MCAER), lived in Shivaji Nagar locality in the City. No one had an idea that he was involved in such horrible acts.

Targeted girls below the age of 10

Sawant's full name is Maruti H Sawant. He had just 1-1/2 year before he was scheduled for retirement.He mostly targeted girls who were below the age of 10. Sawant lured them by offering them toffees, chocolates and other sweets.

It was found that schoolchildren who played in the parking lot of the housing society were targeted by him. Investigation revealed that he would later threaten to kill the children if they refused to succumb to his sexual advances.

As he was old enough to the kids' grandfather, no one suspected that beneath the personality of an educated IAS officer, there was a monster who preyed on schoolgirls and sexually assaulted them for years.

During preliminary inquiry it was found that Sawant took the children to his house too. The perverted IAS officer used to show them sexually explicit content and pornographic movies' clips on his computer.

Abusing a girl since she was in IVth

The horrific crimes came to light when as many as four girls of the nearby school informed their counsellor who turned approached the authorities.

The matter subsequently reached the police. The investigation was initiated and the officer was caught.

During preliminary investigation it was found that Sawant had been sexually abusing a minor girl for years.

She was in fourth standard when he raped her and later on kept exploiting her for years. The girl is now 13.

Maruti Sawant has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POSCO) apart from rape, molestation and other provision of the IPC. He has also been charged under IT Act.

This horrific story tells how education, post or status can't make someone a better person as criminal tendencies can exist in a highly educated person and a person living on the street may have the best moral character.