In a private matriculation school near Muthupettai, a 16-year-old Class 12 student was arrested on Friday under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly sexually assaulting a four-and-a-half-year old Upper Kindergarten (UKG) student inside the school’s…
Madras High Court. File | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani The Madras High Court has ordered that victims in Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act cases need not undergo the ordeal of medical examination unless they have been reportedly…
A seven-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in Fasalwadi village of Sangareddy on Thursday (February 20, 2025). As per preliminary investigation, the girl was playing outside her house when an unidentified man offered her ₹10 currency note before taking her…
Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan The School Education Department has received 238 complaints of sexual abuse so far, and around 50 are still under scrutiny, said Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi on Thursday. Speaking…
