Man held for raping minor

COIMBATORE: A 35-year-old man who was having an illicit affair with a woman for seven years in Pollachi was arrested on Monday for sexually assaulting her 14-year-old daughter.
The accused, R Muthukumar, a native of Thennur in Trichy, was booked under Sections 7 read with 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act and IPC Sections 294(b) and 506(ii).He was produced before a special Pocso court and remanded in judicial custody. The chargesheet said Muthukumar’s wife Amutha and his two children lived in Trichy while he was engaged in construction work there. Later, he found a job with a hotel in Pollachi. It was during this time that he developed an affair with a woman in his neighbourhood in Pollachi.
Three months ago, he visited Pollachi to meet his paramour, who had gone out for work. Her minor daughter, a class VIII student, was alone at home. Muthukumar forced himself upon the minor girl at her house and threatened her with dire consequences if she informed anybody, police said.
On Sunday evening, he visited Pollachi again and attempted to molest the minor girl who was alone at her house. The girl raised an alarm and rushed out of her house, when her neighbours gathered and apprehended Muthukumar. He was handed over to an all women police station in Pollachi.
Based on the girl’s complaint, police arrested Muthukumar on Sunday night. tnn