Two brothers arrested on sexual assault charge

January 17, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:45 am IST - KRISHNAGIRI:

Police on Thursday arrested two youths, both brothers, on charge of sexually assaulting a mentally challenged woman in Kunthumaaranapalli village near Thenkanikottai.

Assault

P. Ramamoorthy (20) and his brother P. Muniraj (18), allegedly sexually assaulted the 26-year-old woman in a secluded place in the village on Wednesday, when her mother, a farm worker, was away in the fields.

Her mother, who learnt about the incident after returning home, preferred a complaint with the Thenkanikottai All Women Police.

The Police arrested both the brothers on Thursday.

They were remanded in judicial custody.

They committed the crime at a secluded place in the village, when the victim’s relatives were away from home

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