Jail warder held under POCSO Act
The Hindu
The Kasaba police on Tuesday arrested a jail warder attached to the Central Prison and Correctional Home in Kannur on the charge of sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy in Kozhikode city.The police said
The Kasaba police on Tuesday arrested a jail warder attached to the Central Prison and Correctional Home in Kannur on the charge of sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy in Kozhikode city.
The police said Bhagavathy Kottayil Sunesh, 40, of Meppayur in Kozhikode, was arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) on the basis of various complaints. He had allegedly sexually abused the boy near the Sreekandeswaram temple and a lodge in the city.
He was charged under Section 6 (Punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault) read with 5 C (whoever being a public servant, commits penetrative sexual assault on a child) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and Section 377 (unnatural offences) of the Indian Penal Code.
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