A traffic police constable has been arrested in Chennai’s Mylapore, for allegedly sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl who had approached him for assistance and help.

According to the reports, the minor girl’s mother lodged a complaint with the Mylapore All Women Police, saying that her daughter had been missing since January 25.

Acting on the complaint, the police traced the girl living with her 16-year-old boyfriend in Cuddalore. On further probe, the victim revealed that her boyfriend had also sexually abused her on the pretext of marrying her.

As per the reports, the girl had fled from her house on the night of January 25 and went to the boy’s house but his mother refused to allow her inside. Having nowhere to go, she was wandering in Mylapore. While sleeping on a pavement, she was picked up by a traffic cop, identified as Raman, offered to drop her home. But instead, he sexually assaulted her inside the vehicle.

He then took her to a police booth, where he assaulted her again, but left after she started screaming.

Later, fearing that her mother might get her married to someone, the girl eloped again with her boyfriend to his relative’s house in Cuddalore where he allegedly raped her.

The police have also held the minor boy and her mother on charges under the provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).

Source: News18