Tuesday, October 7, 2008

CPM Leader Rapes Children

Date:07/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/07/stories/2008100752430300.htm
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Kerala - Kozhikode

Rape charge against CPI(M) functionary

Kozhikode: The Koyilandi police have registered multiple cases against a branch secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the district on the charge of raping three minor girls of a local school.

The police said that cases were registered against K.K. Sudhakaran, 55, branch secretary, Cheenacheri, under Section 376 (rape) and Section 511 (punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life) of the Indian Penal Code. Three cases had been registered on the basis of complaints filed by the parents of the minor girls. The school girls, aged between 7 and 9 years, were sexually abused while they were participating in a Balasanghom programme of the party on Sunday, according to the complaint. The accused was at large, the police said. — Staff Reporter

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