Electrician arrested in Chennai for sexually abusing a minor girl

A 29-year-old electrician was arrested by the Vadapalani All Women Police under the POCSO Act for impregnating a minor.

A senior city police officer said a 46-year-old woman had lodged a complaint at the Vadapalani All Women Police Station stating that her daughter, a Class 10 student, was complaining of abdominal pain. When she was admitted to the Royapuram RSRM Government Hospital, doctors there said she was pregnant.

Based on the complaint, police officials during an investigation found that J. Ashok Kumar, who worked as an electrician and was a neighbour of the family, had sexually abused the girl over four months ago. He then showed the girl a morphed photograph of her and threatened to send it to her parents to make them comply with his demands.

The accused was arrested under the POCSO Act.

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