Crime file: Doc molested on bus for 2 hrs; Couple pushes daughter into sex trade; Teacher beats UKG girl, and more

Doc molested on bus for 2 hrs V.P. Raghu | DC Chennai: A journey on an Omni bus to attend a job interview turned nightmarish for a 24-year-old woman doctor as a temple priest and an engineering student allegedly molested her throughout from Tindivanam to Perungal athur early Thursday morning with neither the bus crew nor other passengers, except for a family, coming to her aid. With no one to turn to the girl suffered as the two abusers even pushed their hands up the sleeveless top she was wearing. Left with no choice, she desperately called her father, a senior government official on her mobile and he in turn spoke to a senior police officer who stationed a police team at the Koyambedu police station to halt the bus belonging to SRM travels and rescue her. “We first picked up Saravanan, 19, a BE student and his friend Guru Shyam, 21, a temple priest, for harassing the doctor and later the bus driver, Gnanadurai, 51 too as he had refused to switch on the light or stop at a police station en route. He instead verbally abused the lady doctor,” the police said. Autorickshaw driver, Sivakumar, who had come to pick up the two accused men, was also arrested for showering the woman with abuse and claiming she was a sex worker whom he had seen at the bus stand many times. “Obviously he was talking without any knowledge of the girl’s background. We decided to arrest him as well,” the police said, adding that to make things worse, a team of lawyers arrived at the Koyambedu police stations within an hour of the two men being detained, to defend them and project the woman they had harassed as a sex worker. The doctor from Thanjavur was still in a state of shock when contacted on Friday and refused to talk about the traumatic event. “Not many victims would have the courage to lodge a complaint after going through the harassment, but she did and so we were able to arrest her tormentors,” said Koyambedu police station inspector Sam Vincent. Next: Couple held for pushing daughter into sex trade Couple held for pushing daughter into sex trade Kozhikode: In yet another shocking incident of sexual abuse reminiscent of the Paravoor case, a couple have been taken into custody by the Alakode police in Kannur district for forcing their daughter into the sex trade when she was merely 11 years old. Swaminathan (55) of Puthuparambil House , Alakode and his wife Radhamani were arrested along with three others Janeesh Raj (24), his uncle, P.K. Rajan and Sabu Kumbalampoykayil (44) for the crime. The Taliparambu judicial magistrate court remanded all of them to judicial custody on Friday. Investigation has revealed that the girl, now 18, was abused by more than 10 men over the last seven years. It was when she was arrested by the police from Kasargod last Saturday that the sorry story came to light. According to the girl's statement, her mother first sold her for money to Jineesh Raj, a neighbour when she was 11 years old and after that to many more \"clients.\" When she refused to do as told her father physically tortured her. The girl later ran away from home with a man named Hassan, who offered to marry her. But while living with him in Thaliparambu, she learnt from a neighbour that he had been accused of murdering his wife in the past and so ran away from him too, the police said. The girl, who has an older sister and brother as well, has now been sent to the Mahila Mandiram in Thaliparambu. More arrests are expected in the case, according to Alakode circle inspector M.A. Mathew. The police has so far registered six cases in all. Next: Teacher beats UKG girl Teacher beats UKG girl Chennai: Father of a 4-year-old UKG girl has approached the M.K.B. Nagar police station alleging that his daughter was beaten up by the teacher in school, leaving her hand swollen because of blood clotting. According to a complaint filed by Mr Surendar, 30, an employee of a private shipping firm and residing in Bharathi Nagar of Vyasarpadi, his daughter Nanditha returned home from school crying. On enquiry, she said she was punished by a teacher. A closer look at her, revealed a clot on her left upper arm. Though on Thursday he approached the office of the private school where his daughter was studying, there was no proper response from the management. So, he decided to approach the police, he said. “My daughter was beaten up by the teacher saying that she was not eating properly. I don’t know how they can beat young children like this,” said Mr Surendar after submitting the complaint. Police sources later in the evening indicated that the school authorities had promised to take action against the teacher based on the complaint from Mr Surendar. Next: Naval base officer kills wife, commits suicide Naval base officer kills wife, commits suicide Kochi: A 32-year old Naval officer allegedly murdered his wife by slitting her throat before committing suicide at Neerikkod at Alangad near North Paravoor in Ernakulam district. The couple was identified as Sanalkumar of Alangad and Siji (27), a teacher at IHRD College at Puthenvelikkara near North Paravoor. The incident occurred at the house of Siji’s parents where the duo had been staying. “Sanalkumar and Siji were staying on the first floor of the house, while the girl’s parents were staying downstairs. Prima facie, it is learnt that Sanal slit Siji’s throat with a paperknife before hanging himself. They got married a year ago and have no kids. The relatives said there were no financial problems or fights between the couple. So we are clueless what the motive was,” said the circle inspector of Aluva. The couple went to sleep at 11 pm on Thursday night. The bodies were found at 11 am on Friday when the girl’s parents went to the room in search of them. Sanalkumar was in the vigilance wing of the Kochi Naval Base. The police is now set to track the call records of the two to understand the reason for the murder and the suicide.