Abuse of minor at Oachira: panel registers case

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The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has suo motu registered a case in connection with the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl at Oachira in Kollam.

The case against Mohammed Niyas of Kayamkulam was taken on the basis of media reports.

According to the reports, he had harassed many others too.

The commission sought explanations from the Kollam district police chief and the district child protection officer.

The accused, a 34-year-old vlogger and self-proclaimed religious scholar, was arrested following the survivor’s complaint of sexual assault by him under the pretext of exorcism.

Authorities had temporarily shut down and sealed a religious school of which he was the director.

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