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Chennai: Juvenile booked for impregnating minor girl

The boy and the girl were from the same locality, and they worked as temporary labourers at the same construction site in Orgadam.

Chennai: The Kancheepuram police have booked a 17-year-old boy under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act for impregnating a minor girl.

The boy and the girl were from the same locality, and they worked as temporary labourers at the same construction site in Orgadam. Police said the teenagers had been in a relationship. It recently came to the knowledge of the girl's parents that she was months pregnant.

The girl's parents confronted the boy and his parents on Wednesday, The boy abused and threatened the girl's father.

Based on a complaint filed by the girl's father, the Kancheepuram police booked the boy under Section 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC. He was produced at juveniles court and sent to juveniles home in Kancheepuram.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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