Summary:
The three sections of the POCSO Act were invoked against all the 17 accused persons, the official added. A senior police official said investigators were first readying the chargesheet against the accused and would later bring the utility agencies into the investigation. A senior city police official said that the 17 accused were booked under Sections 5 (punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault), 10 (punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault) and 12 (punishment for sexual harassment) of the POCSO Act. A senior police official, when asked if any more persons were involved in the incident, said as of now only 17 persons had been arrested based on the victim’s identification. The 17 were produced before a judicial magistrate and remanded in Puzhal Central Prison on Tuesday..