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Tambaram School Girl Sexually Assaulted by Instagram Acquaintance; Electrician Arrested Under POCSO
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News18•26-09-2026, 10:48
Tambaram School Girl Sexually Assaulted by Instagram Acquaintance; Electrician Arrested Under POCSO
- •A Tambaram government school student was sexually assaulted by a young man she befriended on Instagram.
- •Muthusamy (22), an electrician from Nandambakkam, befriended the 17-year-old girl on Instagram.
- •He took the girl to a deserted forest area near Tambaram and sexually assaulted her.
- •The girl's parents admitted her to the hospital due to physical harm and bleeding, then filed a complaint.
- •Muthusamy was arrested under the POCSO Act, confessed to the crime, and was remanded in custody.
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An electrician named Muthusamy was arrested under the POCSO Act after befriending a 17-year-old government school student on Instagram, luring her to a deserted forest area near Tambaram, and sexually assaulting her.
After the assault, the victim returned home suffering from physical harm and increased bleeding, which prompted her shocked parents to admit her to the Tambaram Government General Hospital and her father to file a police complaint.
Following a complaint filed at the Somangalam police station and subsequent questioning by Kelambakkam All Women Police personnel, a case under the POCSO Act was registered against Muthusamy before he was produced in court and remanded in custody.
