Tamil Nadu: 16-Year-Old Girl Allegedly Raped by Man on Pretext of Marriage; Case Registered
A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped several times in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district on the pretext of marriage. The incident took place in Mettupalayam taluk of the district. the girl left her home on July 6 on her mother’s scooter. She told her mother that she was going to school to collect books.
Coimbatore, July 19: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped several times in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district on the pretext of marriage. The incident took place in Mettupalayam taluk of the district. The 23-year-old accused has been identified as S Guna of Palavanjipalayam area of Tirupur city in the state. He has been booked for raping the girl. Tamil Nadu Shocker: Minor Girl Gangraped by Six Men on Her 17th Birthday in Coimbatore, Act Videographed.
According to a report published in The Times of India, the girl left her home on July 6 on her mother’s scooter. She told her mother that she was going to school to collect books. The girl’s parents lodged a missing complaint on July 8, when she failed to return home. Tamil Nadu Shocker: Man Allegedly Sexually Assaults 2-Year-Old Girl in Trichy's Pudukottai Town; Accused Arrested.
The boy had promised to marry the girl. According to the report, the accused eloped with the girl and raped her several times. According to a preliminary enquiry, the minor had befriended S Guna on Instagram. A police official told the media house that the girl was rescued from Tirupur on Saturday.
A case has been registered against the accused under Section 366 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 5 (I) and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Police have launched an investigation into the case. The girl is a resident of Mettupalayam town.
Earlier in May this year, a man allegedly sexually assaulted a two-year-old girl in Pudukottai town of Tamil Nadu’s Trichy district. The accused, identified as 42-year-old B Nallathambi, was later arrested by police. Notably, the girl’s family stayed as tenants at a Nallathambi’s house. The accused lived alone in his house as he was a divorcee.
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