Man booked below POCSO Act after police discover estranged spouse was minor at wedding ceremony
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KASARGOD: Chittarikkal police charged a person with offences below the POCSO Act after they discovered that his estranged spouse was a minor after they acquired married in 2018. The lady was 9 months wanting turning 18 years.
The case was a results of a twisted flip of occasions.
The girl, belonging to a Scheduled Tribe group, had filed a criticism with Chittarikkal police accusing her boyfriend of abusing her after promising to marry him.
Chittarikkal police transferred the case to the Special Mobile Squad (SMS), a devoted wing of Kerala police to analyze circumstances registered below the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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When Kasaragod Special Mobile Squad DySP V Okay Vishwambaran Nair started an investigation into the criticism, he discovered from the girl that she was already married to a different man, aged 29 years, from Mallom in Balal panchayat. After a while, the couple fell off and went their separate methods.
It was throughout that point she got here in touch with the second individual. “But when he ditched her after promising to marry her, she filed a complaint with us,” mentioned an officer of Chittarikkal police. “At that time we did not know she was married,” he mentioned
But the SMS DySP came upon that she was not solely married however was additionally a minor when the person from Mallom took her as his spouse. She was then 17 years and three months outdated.
Based on the route from the SMS, Chittarikkal police mentioned they registered a case towards the person below the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
KASARGOD: Chittarikkal police charged a person with offences below the POCSO Act after they discovered that his estranged spouse was a minor after they acquired married in 2018. The lady was 9 months wanting turning 18 years.
The case was a results of a twisted flip of occasions.
The girl, belonging to a Scheduled Tribe group, had filed a criticism with Chittarikkal police accusing her boyfriend of abusing her after promising to marry him.
Chittarikkal police transferred the case to the Special Mobile Squad (SMS), a devoted wing of Kerala police to analyze circumstances registered below the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
ALSO READ | ‘Use and throw’ tradition appears to have influenced matrimonial relationships in Kerala: High Court
When Kasaragod Special Mobile Squad DySP V Okay Vishwambaran Nair started an investigation into the criticism, he discovered from the girl that she was already married to a different man, aged 29 years, from Mallom in Balal panchayat. After a while, the couple fell off and went their separate methods.
It was throughout that point she got here in touch with the second individual. “But when he ditched her after promising to marry her, she filed a complaint with us,” mentioned an officer of Chittarikkal police. “At that time we did not know she was married,” he mentioned
But the SMS DySP came upon that she was not solely married however was additionally a minor when the person from Mallom took her as his spouse. She was then 17 years and three months outdated.
Based on the route from the SMS, Chittarikkal police mentioned they registered a case towards the person below the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
