Kallakurichi: Police have arrested a 71-year-old man in a nearby village for allegedly forcing his 15-year-old granddaughter to get pregnant and forcing an abortion to hide the crime. thirukoilur in Kallakurichi district. The police have also arrested two women for helping her to abort her granddaughter’s fetus.
police said mangranddaughter of And Grandson He was living with her after the death of her daughter a few years back. His son-in-law married another woman after the death of his daughter and settled in Bangalore.
Police said the man had been sexually harassing his granddaughter for the past three years. The minor girl became pregnant, and the man aborted his granddaughter’s fetus with the help of a woman living in the same area and a retired nurse.
The matter came to light when a section of villagers alerted the village administrative officer, who lodged a complaint against the man and two others with the Thirukoilur All-Women Police.
The police have booked him under sections 6 (punishment for aggravated sexual assault), 5 (grave sexual assault), 5 (j) (whoever commits penetrative sexual assault on a child), 5 (j) (ii) (child makes a woman pregnant). As sections 17 (resulting in sexual harassment) and 17 (punishment for abetment) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act, 2012. The man and two women were sent to judicial custody.
police said mangranddaughter of And Grandson He was living with her after the death of her daughter a few years back. His son-in-law married another woman after the death of his daughter and settled in Bangalore.
Police said the man had been sexually harassing his granddaughter for the past three years. The minor girl became pregnant, and the man aborted his granddaughter’s fetus with the help of a woman living in the same area and a retired nurse.
The matter came to light when a section of villagers alerted the village administrative officer, who lodged a complaint against the man and two others with the Thirukoilur All-Women Police.
The police have booked him under sections 6 (punishment for aggravated sexual assault), 5 (grave sexual assault), 5 (j) (whoever commits penetrative sexual assault on a child), 5 (j) (ii) (child makes a woman pregnant). As sections 17 (resulting in sexual harassment) and 17 (punishment for abetment) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act, 2012. The man and two women were sent to judicial custody.
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