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Four years after child’s suicide, uncle gets 35 yrs for raping her

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September 19, 2025

THE special court for the exclusive trial of Pocso cases in Tiruvallur district on Wednesday convicted a man and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment for a total of 35 years for criminal intimidation and repeated rape of his 14-yearold niece by marriage.

- RAJALAKSHMI SAMPATH

Although the child and her aunt (the convict’s wife) filed a complaint to the police in 2019, the uncle continued to threaten and intimidate them allegedly causing the child to end her life in 2021. Police said the trial in the case of the child’s death is still under way.

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