Sexual Assault: Fugitive Pastor Held for Sexual Assault | Chennai News

Ranipet: A pastor was arrested in Ranipet on Thursday, around five months after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Police said the arrested man, Mr. Ragu Rajkumar, 54, sexually assaulted the girl, who was visiting the church at Eri Theru in Ranipet, on multiple occasions and threatened her not to reveal the incidents to anyone. But the girl’s mother noticed a change in behavior and questioned her. After learning what happened, the girl’s mother lodged a complaint with the all-women Ranipet police station in December last year. When the priest found out about this, he fled. The police booked the priest under Sections 7 (sexual assault), 8 (punishment for sexual assault), 9 (aggravated sexual assault) and 9 (l) (whoever commits or repeats sexual assault on the child more than once) of the Pocso Act and Section 506 (ii) (punishment for criminal intimidation) of IPC and launched a hunt for him. The man was found from his hiding place on Thursday evening. Police arrested him and brought him before a local court, which sent him into custody.

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