TVK leader arrested for trying to sexually abuse student in Kanyakumari

CHENNAI: A leader of Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) has been arrested for trying to sexually abuse a college student in Kanyakumari. The arrested is TVK’s central district executive committee member Christopher. The action was taken on the complaint of a second year degree student of a private college in Nagercoil.

The version of the police is that the girl of Kulasekharam, was waiting for a bus with her classmate, a TVK activist. Christopher, who was passing by, stopped his car after spotting the activist. He offered a lift to both pointing rain.

After dropping off the boy first, Christopher continued the journey, saying he would drop the girl near her home. However, along the way, he stopped the car in an isolated location and tried to sexually assault her. The girl strongly resisted and tried to get out of the car. Panicked by her reaction, the accused dropped her off midway and fled the spot.

After reaching home, the girl told her parents and then her classmate about the incident. She then filed a complaint at the Thuckalay police station. Christopher, who went into hiding was arrested from Maruthancode, near Thuckalay.