DMK ward councillor held under POCSO Act for sexually abusing 5-year-old girl
The Hindu
Hours after V. Pakkirisamy, 63, a DMK ward councillor of Ward 30 in the Virudhachalam Municipality was expelled from the party, the Virudhachalam All Women Police Station (AWPS) arrested him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, for sexually abusing a five-year-old girl.
Hours after V. Pakkirisamy, 63, a DMK ward councillor of Ward 30 in the Virudhachalam Municipality was expelled from the party, the Virudhachalam All Women Police Station (AWPS) arrested him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, for sexually abusing a five-year-old girl.
In an official release from the DMK on Wednesday, the party’s general secretary Duraimurugan said Mr. Pakkirisamy has been dismissed from the party.
According to police, the accused, who is a correspondent of an elementary school in Virudhachalam, had sexually abused the victim, studying UKG, in the school premises on Tuesday. The girl’s mother lodged a complaint with the All Women police station, who arrested Pakkirisamy. The child has been admitted to the Virudhachalam General Hospital.
A case has been booked against Pakkirisamy under Sections 9 (F), (M) of the POCSO Act.
Further investigations are on.
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.