Coimbatore: Pollachi The Eastern Police on Monday arrested a 20-year-old man for raping a 15-year-old girl several times. The man has been accused of kidnapping a girl and marrying her.
The arrested youth has been identified as Ku Dinakaran20, from manalmedu In Mayiladuthurai district. He was a goods autorickshaw driver.
“Dinakaran befriended the girl on Facebook. The girl was working near Pollachi. On April 12, the girl’s mother had gone to take her back to her hometown for the holidays. When they reached Pollachi bus stand, the girl told her mother that she would go to a nearby shop and come back immediately. However, the girl did not return,” said a police officer.
The police have registered a missing person case based on the complaint of the mother.
Preliminary investigation revealed that Dinakaran came to Pollachi and took her to his hometown, where he married her on April 13.
The police traced their whereabouts on Monday and brought them back to Pollachi in the evening. During interrogation, it was revealed that Dinakaran had raped the girl on several occasions.
Thereafter, the police registered a case against Dinakaran under Section 366, Section 5(L) of the Indian Penal Code. child safety Section 9 of the Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act and the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, and arrested him. Dinakaran was later sent to judicial custody.
The arrested youth has been identified as Ku Dinakaran20, from manalmedu In Mayiladuthurai district. He was a goods autorickshaw driver.
“Dinakaran befriended the girl on Facebook. The girl was working near Pollachi. On April 12, the girl’s mother had gone to take her back to her hometown for the holidays. When they reached Pollachi bus stand, the girl told her mother that she would go to a nearby shop and come back immediately. However, the girl did not return,” said a police officer.
The police have registered a missing person case based on the complaint of the mother.
Preliminary investigation revealed that Dinakaran came to Pollachi and took her to his hometown, where he married her on April 13.
The police traced their whereabouts on Monday and brought them back to Pollachi in the evening. During interrogation, it was revealed that Dinakaran had raped the girl on several occasions.
Thereafter, the police registered a case against Dinakaran under Section 366, Section 5(L) of the Indian Penal Code. child safety Section 9 of the Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act and the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, and arrested him. Dinakaran was later sent to judicial custody.