TRICHY: The
Srirangam all-woman
police on Wednesday arrested a 20-year-old youth for allegedly raping a Class XI girl.
The police arrested R Manikandan of Thimmaraya Samuthiram here based on the complaint of the mother of the 17-year-old girl.
In her complaint, the woman alleged that her daughter and Manikandan were lovers. She alleged that Manikandan had sex with her daughter several times in 2017. The girl became pregnant.
The police took him for interrogation and found the complaints to be true. They registered a case under different sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The girl was admitted to Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) here.
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