A 5 year old girl was assaulted and raped in 2013 by a 48-year old sanitary inspector has been sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment by Court. Yesterday, Mahila court judge R Vijayakumari sentence to Sengottaiyan under the provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000.
According to the prosecution, the accused had lured the five-year-old girl, his neighbour, by offering chocolate and sexually assaulted her at his house in Kalvadangam village in February 2013. Later parents of victim filled a complaint against Sengottaiyan under POCSO arrested him.