November 16, 2008	Sunday	Ziqa'ad 17, 1429

BHUBANESWAR, Nov 15: Police in eastern India have arrested an Australian doctor working at an orphanage on suspicion of paedophilia, a police officer said.

Police identified the accused as Paul Allen, 60, and said he was a volunteer at the Mary-Ellen Gerber (MEG) Children’s Village and was being held in custody after being denied bail.

The community houses 85 orphans aged between five and 18 in Puri town, 65 kilometres east of Orissa state capital, Bhubaneswar.

The international voluntary group, with offices in countries such as Canada, the US and France, opened the Puri facility in 2000 to look after children left destitute or orphaned.—AFP