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Man, 63, held for raping minor for over three months

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February 11, 2017

Vellore, Feb 11: A 63-year-old man has been arrested for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl for nearly three months near Walajapet in Vellore district.

childabuseThe incident came to light when the victim's brother had taken her to Government Hospital in Walajapet after she fell sick on Thursday.

After the demise of their parents, the girl and her elder brother were living at their house. The victim's brother was working in a private shoe factory. He goes to work at 8am and return at 10pm. The girl, who is a Class 8 student in a government school, used to live alone at home at most parts of the day.

On examining the girl on Thursday, the doctors at the hospital found that she had been sexually assaulted over a period of time. The girl told the doctors that a neighbour, who was later identified as Kadhar Basha, 63, had been forcibly having physical relationship with the girl for the last three months. Following this, the doctors alerted police.

Police said, "Taking advantage of the girl's situation, Basha who worked in an incense stick making unit, frequently visited the victim's house. On several occasions, he sexually assaulted and raped the girl. He also threatened her not to disclose anything to anyone."

Police picked up Basha for interrogation on Thursday night. During inquiry, he confessed to the crime.

Based on his statement and the victim's complaint, the Ranipet AWPS police registered a case against Basha. The police invoked Section 454 (lurking house-trespass to commit offence publishable with imprisonment), 376 (punishment for rape), 506 (I) (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code read with sections 4, 6 (punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault) and 8 (punishment for sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POSCO) Act 2012 against the accused. He has been remanded him under judicial custody.

The victim has been admitted to Government Vellore Medical College Hospital and undergoing treatment, police said.

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May 12,2020

May 12: A Madhya Pradesh Police sub-inspector was fined Rs 5,000 after he performed a daredevil act of balancing himself on two moving cars, copying the famous stunt from Ajay Devgn-starrer 'Singham'.

Manoj Yadav, the in-charge of Narsinghgarh police post in Damoh district, was also warned against any such daredevilry in future, police sources said on Monday.

Sporting shades as the hero of the cop drama film and wearing his police uniform, Yadav got the entire episode video-graphed, they said.

As the video of the stunt went viral on social media, senior police officials took serious note of it as it will send wrong signals to youngsters, the sources said.

Inspector General, Sagar range, Anil Sharma directed Damoh Superintendent of Police Hemant Chauhan to probe the matter.

After an investigation, Chauhan imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the sub-inspector and warned him not to repeat such mistakes.

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June 26,2020

Kozhikode, Jun 26: A man, who had returned from Bahrain on Thursday and has been under quarantine at his house in Villyapallai near here, has been stabbed on his arm by an unidentified person.

Police sources said the assailant, with a masked face, had ransacked the man's house by break-opening the door at midnight lat night and stabbed Lijeesh on his arm and fled from the scene.

The nearby residents took Lijeesh to a nearby hospital and was put back on quarantine. 

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February 6,2020

Kochi, Feb 6: A 46-year-old Thailand national was allegedly raped by two men here, following which they were arrested, police said on Thursday.

The accused hailing from a north Kerala district have been arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by the woman.

Police said the accused-- Mohammed Insaf and his friend Ansaruddin from Kondotty in Malappuram district were arrested after recording the statement of the victim.

The woman from Thailand had been a Facebook friend of Insaf for the last seven months after she enrolled her child in a school in Malappuram district.

The woman who came from Bangkok recently to visit her child and was staying in a hotel here.

When Insaf came to meet the woman, he was accompanied by his friend Ansaruddin and both allegedly raped the woman at the hotel room, police said.

All formalities including medical examination of the woman were completed, police said.

The accused will be produced before the court on Thursday, they added.

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