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The Coimbatore District Police, connected Wednesday (June 10, 2026), filed the complaint expanse against the 2 persons arrested for the abduction, intersexual battle and execution of a 10-year-old girl adjacent Sulur connected May 21.
The investigating squad headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police Karikal Pari Shankar submitted the 819-page chargesheet, which has 104 prosecution witnesses and 215 documents, earlier the Special Court for the proceedings of cases registered nether the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. It was e-filed connected Tuesday.
The archetypal accused K. Karthi (35) of Pallapalayam adjacent Sulur has been charged for offences nether Sections 61(2)(a), 140(1), 140(4), 103(1), 238(a), 127(2), 65(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and 5(i), 5(l), 5(m), 5(j-4) work with 6(1) of POCSO Act.
His accomplice R. Mohan, 31, of Pallapalayam has been charged nether Sections 61(2)(a), 140(1), 140(4) work with 49, 238(a), 240, 249(a) BNS, 6(1) work with 16 and 17 of POCSO Act.
The investigating squad took a comparatively abbreviated 18 days to record the complaint expanse aft the apprehension of the 2 accused.
Two eyewitnesses
“We could implicit the probe swiftly arsenic captious documents similar forensic reports were received successful a abbreviated play done effectual coordination of constabulary officers and enactment from acrophobic departments. Two eyewitnesses came guardant to enactment the probe without hesitation,” said Inspector-General of Police (West Zone) R.V. Ramya Bharathi, who supervised the probe on with Deputy IGP (Coimbatore Range) P. Saminathan and Coimbatore district’s Superintendent of Police A. Pavan Kumar Reddy.
Karthi was subjected to DNA profiling and a potency trial during the investigation. Cyber forensic analyses were conducted to affirm his beingness successful the girl’s neighbourhood astatine the clip of the abduction and aboriginal astatine the transgression country – a thicket successful a backstage onshore abutting the bluish bund of Kannampalayam vessel adjacent Sulur.
Cyber analyses were besides done to corroborate Karthi’s connection with Mohan earlier and aft the committee of the crime. Though Mohan had cognition of the crime, helium failed to disclose it to anyone and misled the constabulary erstwhile officers questioned him.
On the time of crime
According to the police, Karthi abducted the miss known to him from her neighbourhood astatine Pallapalayam connected May 21 evening by promising to bargain her chocolates. He took her to the backstage onshore abutting Kannampalayam vessel connected a motorcycle and murdered her aft sexually assaulting her.
Sources added that blunt unit trauma and cumulative effects of injuries sustained to cervix and thorax were the causes of decease arsenic per post-mortem findings. The accused were arrested successful the aboriginal hours of May 23.
