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The Sivaganga POCSO Court sentenced a 51-year-old astrologer to 200 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting 2 insignificant girls successful 2021.
Ramakrishnan was an astrologer from Managiri successful Sivaganga district. In November 2021, a pistillate who consulted him mentioned that her 2 daughters, aged 17 and 14, were not performing good successful their studies.
Ramakrishnan claimed that performing a remedy would assistance the girls survey better. Believing him, the pistillate took her daughters to his house. He past asked the parent to enactment successful 1 country and took the girls to different nether the pretext of performing the ritual.
He sexually assaulted the minors and threatened that their parents would dice if they reported the incident. Out of fear, the girls did not disclose it astatine the time.
Two years later, some girls fell ill. Hospital tests revealed that they had contracted a sexually transmitted illness (STD). During the consequent investigation, the girls disclosed that the astrologer had sexually assaulted them.
Based connected a ailment filed by the girls’ mother, the Tiruppattur All-Women Police registered a lawsuit nether the POCSO Act and arrested Ramakrishnan.
The proceedings was conducted astatine the Sivaganga POCSO Court. Judge Gokulmurugan, who heard the case, sentenced Ramakrishnan to 100 years of rigorous imprisonment for each victim, totaling 200 years, and imposed a good of ₹2 lakh.
The justice besides ordered the authorities to supply ₹10 lakh successful compensation to each girl.
This is astir apt the archetypal lawsuit of the tribunal awarding a cumulative condemnation of 200 years of rigorous imprisonment. Ramakrishnan remains lodged successful Madurai Central Jail since 2022.
