Police have arrested a visually impaired Nigerian man Nikki Philip and one pastor G. Chelladurai, on the fees of sexually assaulting a schoolgirl belonging to Dalit group in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India .
Police sources mentioned Philip, 51, the Nigerian nationwide, staying at Chrompet in Chennai, was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting the woman, finding out Class XI at a faculty close to Tiruvannamalai city.
He was slapped with a case underneath sections 376 (rape) of Indian Penal Code (IPC), 4 (penetrative sexual assault), 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of Prevention of Youngsters from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and 9 (male grownup marrying little one), 10 (solemnising little one marriage) of Prohibition of Youngster Marriage Act by the All Ladies Police in Tiruvannamalai city.
Investigations revealed that Nikki Philip, who had come to Chennai for medical therapy a number of years in the past, had visited a church run by the sufferer’s grandmother Mary Amutha at Kilnachipattu lately, with the assistance of a man from Kerala, Paul.
He promised Mary Amutha that he would marry her granddaughter and take her to his nation the place she may lead a luxurious life as he had a lot of wealth, the sources mentioned.
Believing his phrases, Mary Amutha agreed to get the sufferer married to him. On September 25, he took the sufferer together with Mary Amutha to his home in Chrompet and formally married her at a church in Perumbakkam on October 12. He had spent 5 days with the minor woman.
Within the meantime, the woman’s aunt, Sathiya, staying at Tiruvannamalai knowledgeable the sufferer’s father who resides in Bengaluru in regards to the marriage. Subsequently, they went to Chrompet, rescued the woman, and took Nikki Philip additionally to Tiruvannamalai, earlier than handing him to the Veraiyur police station in the district.
The sources mentioned for the reason that sufferer’s father pleaded with the police that if a case was registered, it might have an effect on the way forward for the woman, the police didn’t register any circumstances.
In addition they let the Nigerian nationwide who’s a visually impaired particular person, the sources recalled. Since then, the woman had been staying along with her aunt.
About a month after the incident, the Childline acquired info and the volunteers of the helpline rescued her on November 10. She was subjected to medical examinations as nicely. Following a report from the involved authorities of Childline and Youngster Welfare Committee, the police started investigations on Nov. 23.
“We received the information from Childline on Nov. 23 and immediately began investigations. After recording the victim’s statement, FIR was registered,” P Thamizharasi, Inspector of AWPS, Tiruvannvamalai city, informed Categorical on Tuesday.
Following the assertion supplied by the sufferer, it got here to gentle that she was sexually assaulted by the Pastor G Chelladurai, 20. He had been in relation with the woman from Feb. 2017 to Might 2018 by falsely promising to marry her. He was slapped with a case for rape and sexual assault underneath numerous sections of IPC and POCSO Act.
The police arrested Chelladurai, who had shifted to Krishnagiri from Tiruvannamalai, after the FIR was registered on Nov. 23. After quizzing him, the police produced him earlier than a native court docket and remanded him in judicial custody on the Central Prisons in Vellore, the sources famous.
Based on Inspector Thamizharasi circumstances have been additionally registered towards Paul, who launched Nikki Philip, and the sufferer’s grandmother Mary Amutha. Efforts are on to nab them.
Investigations are additionally being held to test the journey paperwork of Nikki Philip, who had informed the police that he got here to India in 2011 for medical therapy as he misplaced each his eyes in a terror assault in Nigeria
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For the reason that sufferer belongs to Dalit group, three of the accused-Chelladurai, a transformed Christian, Paul and Nikki Philip, will entice a case underneath related sections of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act as nicely.
The investigating workforce is dashing to Bengaluru to gather the group certificates of the woman, after which related sections of SC/ST Act will likely be slapped towards the accused individuals, sources mentioned.