All Women Police – Coimbatore West have on Monday arrested 24-year-old S. Arulananthan of Kavundampalayam on charges of kidnapping and raping a 15-year-old girl.
The police said that the painter had developed a relationship with the girl, who was his neighbour. The girl’s parents sent her to a relative’s house on Variety Hall Road to prevent Arulananthan from contacting her. But, he traced her a few days ago.
Arulananthan went to the relative’s house, took her to Marudhamalai temple and married her illegally, the police said. Following a complaint from the girl’s relative, the police registered a case and arrested him. The Police had invoked provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act against Arulananthan.