Tirupur: The district mahila court on Wednesday awarded 20 years of rigorous imprisonment to a 47-year-old man for raping a 13-year-old girl on severa.
Coimbatore: In two separate cases, a 47-year-old wall painter from a village near Karumathampatti and a polytechnic college student from Pollachi were arrested on Tuesday for raping and impregnating two minor girls.
The Thudiyalur all-woman police arrested M Mohanraj, 47, a wall painter from a village near Karumathampatti, for raping a 16-year-old girl. “On October 29, 2020, Mohanraj, who was drunk, had entered the minor girl’s house when she was alone and raped her. He later threatened her of dire consequences if she were to reveal the incident to others. Later, he started to rape the girl often,” a police officer said.