Man sentenced to 5-year jail term in sexual assault case

Chennai | Saturday | 15th February, 2020

Summary:

The accused is a construction worker. The assault happened on April 14, 2018, and the girl’s mother noticed on April 18 that she was disturbed and running a temperature. According to the public prosecutor, the accused bought the victim’s silence by threatening to commit suicide if she spoke about the assault. Fearing for her father’s life, the girl, a student of Class-VII, kept quiet about the assault. The mother found the writing and submitted it during the course of the investigation..