Abuse attempt: KSEB staffer gives evidence

He had a mobile snap of the incident

June 05, 2018 11:52 pm | Updated 11:52 pm IST - Thrissur

The police on Tuesday arrested a flower vendor who tried to abuse a mentally retarded minor girl in an autorickshaw at Villadom, near here.

Evidence

A Kerala State ELectricity Board (KSEB) lineman, who was doing some repair works on a power line in the area, saw the man trying to abuse the girl in the autorickshaw.

The KSEB employee immediately took a photograph of the incident on his mobile phone.

Tipped the police

He then informed the police along with the photograph.

Based on this, the police officers arrested Ravi, a man from Tamil Nadu, who stays in Villadam, under POCSO Act.

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