COIMBATORE: The Pollachi all-woman police on Saturday arrested a 19-year-old woman under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for marrying a 17-year-old boy and sexually assaulting him.
Police said the woman discontinued her schooling and was working in a petrol bunk in Pollachi. The minor boy, who had completed Class XII, was a regular to the bunk. “She fell in love with him a year ago, though they belonged to different communities,” a police officer said.
The woman eloped with the boy to Palani in Dindigul district and married him on Thursday. They returned to Semmedu in Coimbatore district the next day and were staying in a rented house. “During this time, the woman sexually assaulted the boy,” the officer said.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, the boy’s mother lodged a complaint with the police.
When the young woman came to know about the complaint, she came to the station with the boy and surrendered to inspector Kopperundevi.
Ppolice registered a case against the woman under Section 5 (l) (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) and Section 6 (punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Pocso act. She was produced before the special court for the Pocso cases on Saturday evening and later remanded in judicial custody at the Coimbatore central prison.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect his privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
