Advocate held for sexually assaulting Class 8 student in Kanniyakumari

KANNIYAKUMARI: A 28-year-old advocate was arrested on Monday for allegedly kidnapping two girl students and sexually assaulting one of them. The accused person has been identified as R Ajith Kumar (28) of Thuckalay.

According to sources, the girls, siblings studying in Class 8 and 6, had left for Melmaruvathur on March 13 at midnight, after quarrelling with their mother. The next day, the mother complained with the police.

Tracking cell phone location, the police managed to trace the girls from their friend’s place in Tirunelveli on Sunday, and brought them back to Kanniyakumari. Subsequently, they were taken to the Kanniyakumari Medical College Hospital and later shifted to a children’s home, sources said.