Congress leader booked under POCSO for allegedly assaulting minor children in Bengaluru
A Congress leader in Bengaluru has been booked under the POCSO Act for allegedly assaulting minor children. Anand Naidu, the general secretary of the Bengaluru North District Congress Committee, is accused of physically attacking the children in response to their objections to his relationship with their mother. The police have initiated an investigation following a complaint filed by the children's father.
- ▪Anand Naidu has been identified as the accused Congress leader.
- ▪He is alleged to have assaulted the complainant's minor children using a rod and biting them.
- ▪The case has been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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The Mahalakshmi Layout police have registered a case against a Congress leader from the Mahalakshmi Layout Assembly constituency for allegedly assaulting minor children.The accused has been identified as Anand Naidu, general secretary of the Bengaluru North District Congress Committee (DCC). Based on a complaint filed by a man at Annapoorneshwari Nagar Police Station, Naidu has been booked under relevant sections, including provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.According to the complaint, Naidu was allegedly in an illicit relationship with the complainant’s wife for the past three years.
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