Tamil Nadu man beats kid to death for resisting abuse

CHENNAI: A 34-year-old man from Kancheepuram was arrested for allegedly beating to death a five-year-old boy who cried out loud when he attempted to sexually abuse him on Sunday night. The accused, M Rajesh of Karukkupet village, was booked under Sections 9 (m) and 10 of the Pocso Act and 103 of the BNS, and remanded in judicial custody on Tuesday.

According to the Kancheepuram Taluk police, the accused works as a surveyor in the Land Survey Division of the Kancheepuram district. Rajesh got separated from his wife some years ago.

A few months ago, he began frequenting a pushcart eatery run by a woman, whom he befriended and eventually got into a relationship with, police said.

The woman lived with her mother and two children — a five-year-old boy and a nine-year-old girl — after getting separated from her husband. “Rajesh would often visit her house while the children were at school. He would also take the children to his house where they would play.