This story is from November 23, 2021

24-year-old man arrested under Pocso Act

24-year-old man arrested under Pocso Act
Coimbatore: The Sulur police arrested a 24-year-old man on Sunday for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl. The minor girl, a class XI student, was a neighbour of the man, police said. She had left her home for school on November 17 and did not return. Her father lodged a complaint with the Sulur police on November 18 and police registered a missing case.
Sulur inspector R Mathaiyan rescued the girl from Thiruthuraipoondi in Thiruvarur district.
“Preliminary inquiry revealed that the man had kidnapped her by promising to marry her. He took her in a van to Anupattti village in Tirupur district and later to Thiruthuraipoondi, where he tied the knot at a temple. He took her to his friend’s house and raped her several times,” a police officer said. Police registered a case under sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and arrested him on Sunday. TNN
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