Head constable arrested for sexually harassing boy in Ashok Nagar
A 35-year-old head constable was arrested for sexually harassing a minor boy in Ashok Nagar. The incident occurred when the head constable, P. Velappan, was heavily drunk and found the 15-year-old boy sleeping in a bedroom. The boy fought off the head constable and reported the incident to a patrol police official, leading to Velappan's arrest under the POCSO Act.
- ▪The head constable, P. Velappan, was arrested for sexually harassing a 15-year-old boy in Ashok Nagar.
- ▪The incident occurred at a house in Kodambakkam, where the boy was staying with his uncle.
- ▪The boy reported the incident to a patrol police official, leading to Velappan's arrest under the POCSO Act.
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The Ashok Nagar police have arrested a 35-year-old policeman for sexually harassing a minor boy on Thursday. A senior official of the City police said P. Velappan, a head constable of the Vadapalani police station, along with another person, had gone to his friend’s house in Kodambakkam, on Wednesday night and were consuming liquor.Velappan, being heavily drunk, went to the bedroom of the house, where he found a 15-year-old boy sleeping. The minor boy had accompanied his parents from Nagercoil for a tour to the nearby place was left to stay in his uncle’s house. Seeing the boy being alone, the police head constable attempted to sexually harass the boy.The boy after fighting off the inebriated police official ran out and explained it to a patrol police official on duty.
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