Coimbatore: A minor boy was arrested for impregnating a minor girl and a 22-year-old man was arrested for sexually assaulting a minor girl in the city on Wednesday.
The east all women police at Ramanthapuram arrested a 17-year-old boy for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl. “The boy, a native of Thoothukudi district, was working in a shop here. He had befriended the survivor, who was his neighbour. He visited her house several times and sexually assaulted her. After the girl became ill, her mother took her to a private hospital, where doctors revealed that she was pregnant,” a police officer said.
Police registered a case and arrested the boy for penetrative sexual assault and impregnating the minor girl. He was lodged in the observation home for juveniles at Lakshmi Mills junction.
In the second incident, police arrested a S Sanjay, a native of Cuddalore district, for raping a 15-year-old girl. “He had befriended the Class X girl on social media. The girl, a native of Kerala, recently visited her aunt’s house in Coimbatore. They eloped on November 5. After the girl’s aunt lodged a complaint, east all women police registered a case against Sanjay under Section 366 of Indian Penal Code and sections 9 and 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012,” a police officer said.
Sanjay was remanded in judicial custody.