Senior citizen held for 3 minors' sexual assault

  • | Friday | 8th February, 2019

The younger girls are siblings while the elder one is a relative of the girls staying in their home, police said.The man threatened the girls not to reveal it to anyone. MADURAI: Police arrested a 63-year-old man near Thirumangalam here for the alleged sexual assault of three minor girls several times in the past three months.The accused, R Palpandi, trespassed into his neighbour’s house and molested the three girls, aged 14, 9 and 8 years. However, the family members eventually learned about the sexual assaults the girls suffered from him and filed a complaint with the Thirumangalam all-woman police.The police booked him under sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and arrested him.

MADURAI: Police arrested a 63-year-old man near Thirumangalam here for the alleged sexual assault of three minor girls several times in the past three months.The accused, R Palpandi, trespassed into his neighbour’s house and molested the three girls, aged 14, 9 and 8 years. The younger girls are siblings while the elder one is a relative of the girls staying in their home, police said.The man threatened the girls not to reveal it to anyone. However, the family members eventually learned about the sexual assaults the girls suffered from him and filed a complaint with the Thirumangalam all-woman police.The police booked him under sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and arrested him.

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