POCSO case registered against youth for sharing intimate videos on pornographic website

PATHANAMTHITTA: The police have registered a case against a youth following his wife’s complaint that he sold the video of their intimate scenes to pornographic websites. The accused has been booked under various sections, including the POCSO Act. The husband allegedly filmed the intimate scenes in front of their four-year-old daughter. During counselling, the child also gave a statement against her father, following which a POCSO case was registered.

The woman had alleged that despite producing evidence and complaining that her husband had engaged in sexual acts in front of the child, the police initially failed to register a case under the POCSO Act. She approached the Kerala High Court seeking the addition of more charges against her husband. After the case was registered, the accused went into hiding and has not yet been traced.

The woman said that while the couple were living together abroad, her husband sold their private videos to pornographic websites. When she questioned him about it, she alleged that he subjected her to brutal physical assault.

The couple, who had been living abroad for several years, returned to Kerala on the August 14. The woman said that her husband had shared the pornographic scenes to websites in the UK. After returning to Kerala, he was subjected to counselling, but she alleged that he assaulted her again afterwards.

The woman also alleged that her husband was addicted to pornography. The couple married after being in a relationship for ten years.