A 24-year-old youth was arrested by the Tiruchengode police for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.
Karthi, a textile mill worker of Tiruchengode, was married and has two children. The minor girl was his co-worker. He took the girl to Coimbatore with a promise of getting her better job in a company and sexually assaulted her.
Based on a complaint lodged by the girl’s father with the All Women Police Station in Tiruchengode, the police arrested him.
A case was registered under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. Karthi was produced in Tiruchengode court and lodged in prison.