Tamil Nadu: Man gets 25 years jail for sexually harassing three minors

KARUR: A mahila court on Friday awarded 25 years imprisonment to a 61-year-old man after he was convicted on charges of sexually harassing three minor siblings in 2019. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 1.6 lakh on the convict.
The convict is a native of Vengamedu in Karur district. The victims aged 10, 12 and 13 were residing in the same locality. As they lost their father, their mother has been taking care of them.
The convict used to perform puja in his house and often invited the girls to provide ‘Pongal’ as prasadam. On one instance, he asked the girls to come one by one to get Pongal. During that time, he sexually harassed the three girls separately.
When the mother came to know about this, she lodged a complaint with the Vengamedu police in 2019. Based on the compliant, police registered a case under various IPC section including Pocso Act and arrested him.
As the hearing concluded, the mahila court judge pronounced the judgments.