Coimbatore: The Pollachi all-woman police have arrested a 19-year-old woman under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for marrying a 17-year-old boy and sexually assaulting him.
According to police, Yamuna, 19 from Netaji Road in Pollachi took the boy, aged 17 to Palani and got married with him on 26 August.
Based on a complaint from the boy’s parents, the Pollachi AWPS registered a case and traced the boy to be living with the young woman in a rented house in Semmedu, located in Coimbatore outskirts.
Police said the woman, who has completed class XI, became friends with the 17-year-old boy, staying in the neighbourhood.