Youth held for stealing chain of 17-year-old girl after sexually abusing her

KOTTAYAM: A youth has been arrested for stealing a chain of one sovereign after sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl. The youth’s friend who pawned the chain has also been arrested. Prashanth Santo alias Chakkara of Punchavayal 504 Colony and his friend Sathish Saji are the two arrested. They were arrested by Mundakayyam circle inspector V Shibu Kumar on the complaint of the girl. The court remanded the two.

The two became close and the girl eloped with him on March 13. He broke the chain without the girl seeing.

While going back home, the youth in an inebriated condition tried to destroy the lock of a private money lending firm. The theft at the finance firm was caught on the CC TV camera. The girl approached the police when they were in search of the youth. The police then noticed that the accused was involved in both the cases. Following that, he was arrested. He pawned the chain through his friend for an amount of Rs 19,500.