KG Chavady police filed a case and arrested Vetrivel under sections including child marriage, kidnapping, death threats and POCSO for marrying and sexually abusing his 13-year old step-daughter.
Coimbatore: KG Chavady police have arrested a man from Vellore who had kidnapped, allegedly married his adopted daughter in Coimbatore and with threats sexually harassed her.
Vetrivel (29) is a construction worker from Vellore district who has been living with a married 31-year old woman from the same district, for the last three years. The couple have a six-month-old baby boy, and the 13-year step-daughter from the woman's first marriage.
It is reported that Vetrivel abducted his 13-year old step-daughter, married her and had been sexually harassing her in Coimbatore, for the past three months. Vetrivel, who had been in an inebriated condition for the last two days had severely beaten the minor girl which led the depressed girl to attempt suicide by drinking poison. She was rushed to the Coimbatore Government Hospital for treatment. When the KG Chavady police registered a case and questioned the girl, it was revealed that she was 13 years old and that her step-father Vetrivel had abducted her from Vellore without the knowledge of her mother, married her and sexually harassed her.
A case had already been filed in Vellore police station that the minor girl had gone missing. KG Chavady police have now filed a case and arrested Vetrivel under sections that incliude kidnapping, child marriage, POCSO and death threats. Vetrivel has been arrested, produced in court and remanded in custody. The victim is being treated at a hospital.
Vetrivel (29) is a construction worker from Vellore district who has been living with a married 31-year old woman from the same district, for the last three years. The couple have a six-month-old baby boy, and the 13-year step-daughter from the woman's first marriage.
It is reported that Vetrivel abducted his 13-year old step-daughter, married her and had been sexually harassing her in Coimbatore, for the past three months. Vetrivel, who had been in an inebriated condition for the last two days had severely beaten the minor girl which led the depressed girl to attempt suicide by drinking poison. She was rushed to the Coimbatore Government Hospital for treatment. When the KG Chavady police registered a case and questioned the girl, it was revealed that she was 13 years old and that her step-father Vetrivel had abducted her from Vellore without the knowledge of her mother, married her and sexually harassed her.
A case had already been filed in Vellore police station that the minor girl had gone missing. KG Chavady police have now filed a case and arrested Vetrivel under sections that incliude kidnapping, child marriage, POCSO and death threats. Vetrivel has been arrested, produced in court and remanded in custody. The victim is being treated at a hospital.