Teacher held for sexually abusing Dalit boy

Paramakudi: The All Women Police here have detained a schoolteacher under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, after he allegedly sexually abused a 12-year-old Dalit boy. The police said that the 40-year-old teacher, working in a private school in Paramakudi, picked up the boy, a class VII student of the local school, on his two-wheeler while returning from shopping on Wednesday and sexually assaulted him.

The teacher had no acquaintance with the boy. He took him to his home after seeking his assistance to carry a flower pot and some bags after shopping. The teacher’s wife had gone to her parents’ house and the teacher was alone at home when the incident took place, the police said. On being informed about the incident, the priest of a local church alerted the Child Helpline after which, the boy’s mother lodged a complaint with the police. The teacher was charged under Sections 7 and 8 of the POCSO Act.

Fisherman held

In another incident, Rameswaram All Women Police have arrested a 45-year-old fisherman, also under the POCSO Act, for allegedly sexually abusing his 16-year-old daughter. He was arrested under Sections 9 (I) (n) and 10 of the Act, and remanded in judicial custody.

The police said that the man repeatedly abused his daughter, a class VII dropout, whenever she was alone at home in the last couple of months. When she came to know of it, his wife lodged a complaint. The police found that there was no need for subjecting the girl to medical examination but sought permission from the court for her to confess before a woman magistrate under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. She would make a confessional statement before the Judicial Magistrate here on Monday, the police added.

Source: The Hindu