25-year-old sexually assaults minor, held

Coimbatore: Police arrested a 25-year-old man for sexually assaulting a minor girl near Karumathampatti here on Tuesday.
The accused was identified as N Ranjith, a native of Tirupur and a driver by profession.
According to police, the 17-year-old girl’s father had filed a complaint with the Karumathampatti police last Saturday after she went missing. Police registered a missing complaint and started investigation.
“We found that she was in love with the accused. She had left with him after he promised to marry her. The man sexually assaulted her,” a police officer said.
Cops rescued the girl on Tuesday and altered the missing case to Section 366 (a) (punishment for kidnapping) of Indian Penal Code and 5(l) read with 6 (punishment for penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.
Ranjith was remanded in judicial custody.