In Chennai, a traffic police officer was arrested after an investigation into a missing girl complaint revealed he had allegedly sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl. The inquiry began when the girl’s mother reported her missing on January 25 to the Mylapore All Women Police Station (AWPS).
Using mobile phone tracking, the police traced the girl to Cuddalore, where she was found with her 16-year-old boyfriend. The boyfriend was arrested on allegations of raping the girl under the false promise of marriage.
Further investigation revealed that the girl had initially sought refuge at her boyfriend’s mother’s house in Mylapore, where she was instructed to sleep in a place of worship since the house was not available. While sleeping on the pavement because the place of worship was closed, she was approached by traffic policeman Raman, who is also employed as a driver for a traffic inspector.
Raman, under the guise of taking her home, allegedly assaulted her in his vehicle before taking her to a police booth near Foreshore Estate, where he assaulted her again. The girl’s cries made him flee the scene, allowing her to return home.
However, fearing an arranged marriage, she ran away again with her boyfriend to his relative’s house in Cuddalore, where she was allegedly raped once more.
The Mylapore AWPS arrested the policeman Raman, the boyfriend, and his mother, charging them under various sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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