Tamil Nadu: Youth arrested for sexual abuse of minor
COIMBATORE: A 25-year-old youth working as a ‘tea master’ in a bakery has been arrested here for sexually abusing a five-year-old girl in the city suburbs. Police said, Chinraj, 25, native of Pudukkottai district and working in a tea stall at Myileripalayam here, had on Saturday night spotted the girl playing in front of house, when the accused lured the innocent child to his place and assaulted the girl child.
The girl’s parents stumbled on this horrific tragedy that befell their daughter as they began a search on hearing her cries emanating from the direction of Chinraj’s room, police said. As they entered his premises, they were shocked to see their child being abused and seeing the parents, Chinraj fled the spot. Even as the parents rushed the girl child to the government hospital for check-up, on their complaint Perur All Women police inspector, Ms. Amutha launched a search for the accused and arrested him. Chinraj was produced before a local court here on Monday and lodged in the Coimbatore central prison, police added.