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

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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Thrissur, Jun 11: Volunteers of People for Animal Welfare Services rescued a dog that had its mouth sealed with insulation tape around it for two weeks in Ollur of Thrissur district.

The dog has now been shifted to an animal shelter home.

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Another elephant died in Malappuram after it was found seriously injured in North Nilambur forest range of the district.

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May 11,2020

May 11: Two youths allegedly gang-raped a teen and then hacked to death her 11-year old brother, who had seen their act, in a bid to hide their crime, at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district, about 300 kilometres from here.

Police sources said that two youths, resident of the same village, barged into the house of the teen, when she was alone, and allegedly gang-raped her.

The victim's minor brother suddenly came into the house and protested after he witnessed his sister being sexually assaulted, sources said. The youths allegedly strangled the minor with a towel.

The alleged culprits, who hailed from influential families, 'forced' the victim's parents to bury their son and warned them against approaching the cops.

The parents, however, gathered courage and met senior police officials in Etah on Sunday after a case was registered in this regard. Police said that the body of the minor would be exhumed and a postmortem examination would be conducted.

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January 11,2020

New Delhi, Jan 11: Assets worth Rs 78 crore have been attached by the ED in connection with a money laundering probe against former ICICI Bank Chairman Chanda Kochhar and others, officials said on Friday.

A provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has been issued for attachment of the properties that includes Kochhar's Mumbai-based house and some other assets belonging to a company linked to her, they said.

The book value of the attached assets is Rs 78 crore, they said.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and others in a case of alleged irregularities and money laundering in giving loans by the bank to the Videocon group.

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