THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The 15-year-old woman who's involved within the Pocso (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act case against Tholicode Muslim Jama-ath former chief imam Shafeek Al Qasimi has given a statement to police and Childline authorities that the cleric had raped her multiple instances. A medical exam at SAT Hospital for Women and Children overdue on Wednesday evening showed the statement.
The investigation group on Thursday altered the primary information file and added sections touching on rape and penetrative sexual attack underneath the IPC and Pocso Act. Police had invoked handiest sections 7 and 8 of the Pocso Act, touching on sexual contact with out penetration, whilst registering the case on the foundation of Jama-ath president Badusha's statement. The woman also recorded her confidential statement in connection with the case sooner than a neighborhood magistrate on Thursday.
Imam situated in Ernakulam: Police
DSP (crime department, rural district) D Asokan, the investigation officer, stated Qasimi can be taken into custody soon. “We have situated him in Ernakulam, where he is trying to record an anticipatory bail plea sooner than the high courtroom. The courts in most cases don't entertain such pleas in Pocso Act cases and we have taken measures to stay him underneath surveillance till our group reaches there,” he stated.
A bunch of Kudumbashree staff had faced the imam every week in the past at a abandoned location close to Peppara forest where he had taken the lady reportedly from her faculty in his car. The Jama-ath committee conducted a probe based on the tips supplied through the ladies and expelled him from the put up. He used to be also suspended through the All India Imam’s Council.
Police had reportedly been looking forward to the lady or her family to present a statement against Qasimi, who managed to escape from the spot. The prolong in police motion invited criticism, following which state police chief Loknath Behera intervened.
The investigation group on Thursday altered the primary information file and added sections touching on rape and penetrative sexual attack underneath the IPC and Pocso Act. Police had invoked handiest sections 7 and 8 of the Pocso Act, touching on sexual contact with out penetration, whilst registering the case on the foundation of Jama-ath president Badusha's statement. The woman also recorded her confidential statement in connection with the case sooner than a neighborhood magistrate on Thursday.
Imam situated in Ernakulam: Police
DSP (crime department, rural district) D Asokan, the investigation officer, stated Qasimi can be taken into custody soon. “We have situated him in Ernakulam, where he is trying to record an anticipatory bail plea sooner than the high courtroom. The courts in most cases don't entertain such pleas in Pocso Act cases and we have taken measures to stay him underneath surveillance till our group reaches there,” he stated.
A bunch of Kudumbashree staff had faced the imam every week in the past at a abandoned location close to Peppara forest where he had taken the lady reportedly from her faculty in his car. The Jama-ath committee conducted a probe based on the tips supplied through the ladies and expelled him from the put up. He used to be also suspended through the All India Imam’s Council.
Police had reportedly been looking forward to the lady or her family to present a statement against Qasimi, who managed to escape from the spot. The prolong in police motion invited criticism, following which state police chief Loknath Behera intervened.
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