Senior citizen held for 3 minors' sexual assault

Chennai | Friday | 8th February, 2019

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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..