The police arrested two persons for sexually assaulting and impregnating two minor girls in separate incidents.
In the first case, the All Women Police Station (AWPS), Thudiyalur, arrested an 18-year-old youth for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl by promising to marry her. The arrested has been identified as S. Duraisamy of a village near Karamadai. The police said the accused sexually assaulted the girl in a plantation at Sakthi Nagar near Kanuvai Palayam early in January, following which she conceived.
The girl informed the incident to her mother on February 29 and a complaint was lodged with the police.
The youth was arrested for offences under Sections 5 (l) (whoever commits penetrative sexual assault on the child more than once or repeatedly) and 6 (punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
In another incident, the AWPS, Coimbatore West, arrested a 29-year-old man who allegedly married a minor girl and impregnated her.
The arrested has been identified as a resident of Olympus who hails from Bhavani.
According to the police, a 15-year-old girl from Bhavani, whom the accused knew, allegedly eloped with him about a year ago. She married the man and gave birth to a child at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital on Sunday. The hospital authorities found that the girl was a minor and they informed the police which led to the arrest of the accused.