Pollachi All-Woman Police have registered a case against a 35-year-old man of Vettaikaranpudur, near Pollachi, under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Amendment Ordinance Act 2014 on charges of raping the maid on multiple occasions over the last few months.
Petitioned
On Monday, the victim petitioned the District Collector and the petition was forwarded to the police for inquiry.
According to the police, the victim was a 38-year-old woman and a mother of a 17-year-old girl.
The woman from the same locality has claimed that she stayed at her house with her family and used to go to work at the house of the accused Vignesh (35), who is the son of an AIADMK functionary. It is learnt that he was married but was living away from his family.
Based on her complaint, the police on Tuesday registered a case under sections 376 (rape), 342 (wrongful confinement) and 506(i) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code read with 3(1) of The Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Ordinance Act 2014.
Police sources said that the victim was subjected to medical examination at Pollachi Government Hospital on Tuesday. The police said that they are also trying to find out if there was any other motive behind lodging the complaint very late though she was abused for a long period.
The Deputy Superintendent of Police for Pollachi Sub-Division, M. Meenakshi, who is probing the case, said that a special team has been formed to nab the accused and to conduct further inquiries.
