Summary:
Police registered a case under section 7 read with 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 and arrested Muthuraj. “The victim had been living along with her mother, younger sister and Muthuraj at Narasimmanaikenpalayam after her father died a couple of years ago. The victim, along with her sister, left the home on January 21 and took a bus to the Ukkadam stand. The accused had started to sexually harass her within months,” a police officer said.After the victim told her about the abuse, the mother left the house along with the girls on November 19. Childline officials rushed to the spot and rescued the children,” the inspector told TOI.The victim filed a complaint at the Thudiyalur All Women police station against her stepfather..