
Kodungaiyur resident held under POCSO Act
The Hindu
He sexually harassed a 16-year-old girl
The M.K.B Nagar all-women police have arrested a 32-year-old resident of Kodungaiyur for sexually harassing a 16-year-old girl on Friday.
An official at the M.K.B. Nagar all-women police station said the accused, J. Umashankar, gave chocolates to the victim, who regularly passed by his residence on her way to school, in order to lure and sexually harass her. On learning about the incident, the girl’s parents lodged a complaint in the all-women police station.

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