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The Thiruvananthapuram Fast Track Special Court connected Thursday sentenced 1 idiosyncratic to 18 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a insignificant miss wrong an autorickshaw.
Special Judge Anju Meera Birla recovered the accused, Shameer alias Bombay Shameer, 37, of Kappil blameworthy of the crime. He was besides ordered to wage a good of ₹90,000, the default of which would pb to further imprisonment for 21 months. The tribunal besides ruled that the good magnitude should beryllium fixed to the survivor. It besides recommended the District Legal Services Authority to supply compensation to the subsister successful airy of her intelligence agony.
According to the prosecution led by Special Public Prosecutor R.S. Vijay Mohan, the incidental occurred astir 8 p.m. connected February 24, 2023, erstwhile the 16-year-old miss had gone to the Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College Hospital arsenic a bystander for her elder sister, who was undergoing attraction successful the hospital.
The accused initially approached the miss portion she was lasting extracurricular the infirmary and asked for her mobile number. When she refused, Shameer forcibly grabbed her hand, took her phone, called his ain number, and frankincense obtained her interaction number. The kid and her grandma subsequently filed a ailment astatine the information bureau wrong the infirmary premises.
Later, the accused called the miss and asked her to travel outside. The miss went to face him, the accused forcibly pushed her into an autorickshaw and drove distant to an isolated country successful Vanchiyoor, wherever helium brutally raped her wrong the vehicle. She was aboriginal abandoned astatine Thampanoor aft Shameer realised that they were being pursued by 2 motorcyclists.
The lawsuit was investigated by Medical College ellipse inspector P. Harilal and sub-inspector A.L. Priya.
