Mayiladuthurai collector removed after remark on child assault survivor

THANJAVUR: Hours after making a controversial remark blaming a 3-year-old survivor in a sexual assault case, Mayiladuthurai Collector A P Mahabharathi was shunted out of his post on Friday. The child, allegedly raped and attacked brutally with a stone by a juvenile on Monday, is currently under treatment at a government hospital for critical injuries.

Erode City Corporation Commissioner HS Srikanth has been appointed as the new collector of Mayiladuthurai district. Mahabharathi has not been given any new posting.

Speaking at the ‘capacity building training programme’ for police officers on Pocso Act and child protection and care organised by the district child protection unit (DCPU) at a hotel in Mayiladuthurai on Friday, Mahabharathi referred to the case and said, “According to the reports I received, the child herself acted wrongly.