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Two insignificant girls were allegedly sexually assaulted successful abstracted incidents successful Kumarapalayam Taluk successful Namakkal territory Sunday evening, starring to the apprehension of 2 aged men nether the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
In the archetypal incident, a three-year-old girl, who was playing adjacent her house, was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 59-year-old man. After the kid informed her parents astir the incident, they lodged a ailment with the Kumarapalayam police. A lawsuit was registered nether the POCSO Act and the accused was arrested connected Monday (June 1).
In different incident, a 12-year-old miss was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 62-year-old antheral who lured her with an crystal pick connected Sunday evening. The girl’s relatives traced the accused successful the aboriginal hours of Monday, allegedly assaulted him and handed him implicit to the Kumarapalayam police. A lawsuit was registered nether the POCSO Act, and the accused was admitted to the authorities infirmary successful Erode for treatment.
Meanwhile, relatives of the three-year-old subsister and section residents gathered successful beforehand of the Kumarapalayam constabulary presumption astir 8.30 a.m. connected Monday and demanded that the accused beryllium handed implicit to them. They aboriginal blocked the roadworthy successful beforehand of the station. The protestation continued for respective hours contempt constabulary efforts to pacify the crowd.
When the constabulary attempted to displacement the accused from the presumption successful a constabulary vehicle, immoderate protesters allegedly tried to onslaught him and constabulary personnel. Following this, the accused was taken backmost wrong the station.
Namakkal Superintendent of Police S. Vimala rushed to the spot and held talks with the protesters. After astir 8 hours, constabulary escorted the accused from the presumption to the Kumarapalayam court, pursuing which the assemblage dispersed.
In a property release, Namakkal District Collector L. Madhubalan said some accused had been arrested nether the POCSO Act. The 2 children were admitted to the Kumarapalayam Government Hospital, and doctors said they were successful a unchangeable condition.
