Kerala Court sentences tuition teacher to 111 years in prison for raping minor student
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 31: A special fast-track court here on Tuesday sentenced a tuition teacher to 111 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1.05 lakh for raping a plus-one student after luring her five years ago.
If the fine remains unpaid, the convict, Manoj, 44, will face an additional year of imprisonment.
Manoj's wife took her own life upon learning of her husband's abuse of the minor girl.
In the ruling, Judge R Rekha stated that Manoj, who was also supposed to be the child's guardian, had committed a crime that warranted no mercy. The incident occurred on July 2, 2019.
According to the prosecution, the accused, a government employee, conducted tuition classes at his residence.
He summoned the child for a special class and subsequently abused her, also taking photos of the abuse on his mobile phone.
Following the incident, the child became fearful and stopped attending tuition classes.
The accused then disseminated photos of the incident. Learning about the incident, the child's family lodged a complaint at the Fort Police Station.
Upon the accused's arrest, his phone was seized and sent for forensic examination, revealing photos of the child being abused.
Manoj claimed to have been at the office on the day of the incident, producing registered leave records with signatures. However, call records from the accused's phone, presented by the prosecution, revealed that Manoj was near the tuition centre on the day of the incident.
Special Public Prosecutor R S Vijay Mohan and R V Akhilesh appeared for the prosecution.
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Dalit woman, daughter assaulted, dragged on road in MP's Morena over trivial incident; 2 held
Morena, Jan 3: A Dalit woman and her daughter were brutally assaulted on Friday allegedly by two men and then dragged on the road in Morena in Madhya Pradesh following a minor incident involving a dog, a police official said.
A video of the incident, which took place in full public view in Ambah area, went viral on social media.
"Anita Mahor has sustained serious injuries after being hit by sticks and then dragged on the road. Her daughter Bharti is also injured. We have arrested Rajesh Tomar and Kumher Singh Tomar for assaulting them," Ambah police station in charge Satendra Singh Kushwaha said.
"Anita Mahor's son Deepak has told us that his younger brother Santosh was going to throw waste this morning when he was startled by the presence of a dog. He threw the waste, which also included dung, on the dog in fright and fled. This infuriated the two accused," he said.
The two accused and others stormed into Mahor's house armed with a chopper and sticks and attacked her and her kin, police said.
