Man sentenced to jail for kidnapping, sexually assaulting minor girl in TN

TRICHY: A mahila court in Tamil Nadu’s Ariyalur on Tuesday sentenced a man to 35 years in jail for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor girl.
On March 9, 2021, R Rajadurai, 22, of Sithudaiyur village kidnaped a 17-year-old girl on the promise of marrying her. He sexually assaulted her.
The Ariyalur all-woman police investigated the case.
On Tuesday, the mahila court judge pronounced that Rajadurai should undergo 25 years in jail and pay a fine of Rs 10,000 for sexually assaulting the girl. The judge also sentenced him to 10 years in jail and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 for kidnapping her. The sentences would run concurrently.