KANYAKUMARI: The Kanyakumari all-woman police have arrested a 50-year-old man for raping a 17-year-old girl.
According to police, accused P Appanraj of Pootchivilakam in Pazhavilai post took photos of the girl and raped her after threatening her that he would circulate the pictures.
Police said that a complaint was lodged by victim’s family members on Friday, and the accused was arrested on Saturday morning.
Appanraj was booked under sections 4 (punishment for penetrative sexual assault), 11(v) (threatens to use, in any form of media, a real or fabricated depiction through electronic, film or digital or any other mode, of any part of the body of the child or involvement of a child in a sexual act) and 12 (punishment for sexual harassment) of the Pocso Act.
According to police, accused P Appanraj of Pootchivilakam in Pazhavilai post took photos of the girl and raped her after threatening her that he would circulate the pictures.
Police said that a complaint was lodged by victim’s family members on Friday, and the accused was arrested on Saturday morning.
Appanraj was booked under sections 4 (punishment for penetrative sexual assault), 11(v) (threatens to use, in any form of media, a real or fabricated depiction through electronic, film or digital or any other mode, of any part of the body of the child or involvement of a child in a sexual act) and 12 (punishment for sexual harassment) of the Pocso Act.
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