COIMBATORE: The Thudiyalur all-woman police arrested a 47-year-old farmer on Friday for sexually assaulting an 8-year-old lady final month.
Police recognized the accused as R Rathinam, from a village close to Mettupalayam.
“He had taken a farmland close to Annur on lease 4 years in the past. The Class III lady usually performed close to the land. On March 5, he confirmed the lady pornography movies and sexually assaulted her,” a police officer stated.
The lady didn't reveal the incident to anybody. “On April 20, a workforce of major well being care centre employees carried out a medical camp on the college, the place the lady was learning. Throughout check-up, the lady informed the physician that she developed belly ache usually. A employees nurse then questioned the lady, who informed her concerning the incident. The nurse then knowledgeable the lady’s mother and father,” the officer stated.
On Friday, based mostly on a grievance from the lady’s mother and father, police registered a case in opposition to the accused underneath Sections 9(m) (aggravated sexual assault – whoever commits sexual assault on a baby beneath twelve years) learn with 10 (punishment for aggravated sexual assault) of the Safety of Youngsters from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, and arrested him.
(The sufferer's id has not been revealed to guard her privateness as per Supreme Court docket directives on instances associated to sexual assault)