CHENNAI: The city police have arrested a 35-year-old cadre of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) under the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act for the alleged sexual abuse of an 11-year-old girl in Kasimedu.
Police sources said the incident took place on April 23. The accused D Dinesh was part of a group that campaigned for RK Nagar MLA Marie Wilson.
According to the police, the accused sexually abused the 11-year-old girl who was at her grandmother's house in Kasimedu for the summer holidays.
The girl was playing outside her house when Dinesh's wife asked her to fetch a mobile phone from their first-floor residence in Singaravelar Nagar. When the child entered the house, Dinesh sexually abused her.
After the girl's parents came to know about the incident, they filed a police complaint on May 3.
The Royapuram All Women Police Station registered a case under the POCSO Act and arrested Dinesh on Tuesday evening. The accused was produced before a magistrate and remanded in judicial custody.