COIMBATORE: The Kangeyam all women police arrested a homeopathy doctor for sexually assaulting a Class IX girl over the last four months.
The 14-year-old girl was working as an attender at the 50-year-old man’s clinic after her school was closed due to the pandemic, police sources said. “He sexually assaulted the minor girl several times at the clinic and threatened her of dire consequences if she disclosed the matter to anyone. Unable to bear the torture, the girl told her mother about the sexual assault on Saturday. The mother lodged a complaint,” a police officer said.
Police registered a case under Section 5 (e), 5 (l), read with 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and Section 506 (ii) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.