COIMBATORE: Police have arrested a man for attacking his 19-year-old niece, who was born with human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ), with a wooden log. The girl, who suffered serious injuries on her head, is undergoing treatment in the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH).The 30-year-old man turned violent after seeing the girl in his house at Vellarugampalayam on the outskirts of the city on Thursday, police sources said. “The girl’s mother was HIV-positive and transmitted it to her during pregnancy. She has been undergoing treatment after her birth. Her mother passed away 10 years ago. Her father, a labourer, is living with HIV and taking treatment,” a police officer said.The girl often visited her maternal uncle’s house to meet her grandmother. “She was not attending school and used to spend her time with her grandmother. But her uncle did not like her and even warned her against visiting the house. On Thursday night, after her condition deteriorated, she went to her uncle’s house to sleep. The man, who arrived in an inebriated condition, picked up a quarrel with the girl and asked her to go back to her house. But the girl refused to budge. In a fit of rage, he took a wooden log and thrashed her. She suffered injuries on her head and fell unconscious,” the officer told TOI.Her grandmother and neighbours rushed the injured girl to CMCH. Her condition has deteriorated, Thondamuthur police sub-inspector Navaneetha Krishnan said. “We registered a case against the man under section 294 (b) and 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code and arrested him. He was lodged in the Coimbatore Central Prison on Saturday evening,” he said.

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