Meerpet police of Rachakonda commissionerate on Monday arrested Gade Veera Reddy, author and publisher at the popular city-based Sujatha Law Books Private Limited, for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl.
The police disclosing details of the arrest and the linked incident to media persons on Tuesday, said 72-year-old Reddy, a resident of Barkathpura, assaulted the minor daughter of his former maid servant.
The reported assault, according to parents of the 13-year-old girl, took place at their house in Meerpet police limits in December when the elderly was not present.
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Reddy used to frequent the victim’s family as the mother, who is a tailor, stitched bags for his law books. She had worked as his maid servant in 2010 and as a watch-woman for his plots at Badanpet last in 2017.
Following the complaint and preliminary investigations, police said it has seized two non-judicial stamp papers from Reddy, that he reportedly sent to the victim’s family over WhatsApp for a settlement to withdraw the police complaint. He was booked for sexual assault, criminal intimidation, and related violations under the SC/ST Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
Reddy was remanded in judicial custody at Cherlapally prison.
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