POCSO case against 35 yr old woman for ‘enticing’ 17 year old

NT Correspondent

Mysuru: Nanjangud town police have registered a case under the POCSO Act against a 35 year old woman for allegedly forcing a 17-year-old boy to marry her.

The boy from Kalale village of Nanjangud taluk, who is doing his first PUC, and a married woman (mother of three children) from Kalpetta in Wayanad district of Kerala, reportedly got acquainted via facebook six months ago. The woman who is reportedly separated from her husband, stayed in Bengaluru, police said.

The duo reportedly met a month ago and spent 10 days together touring Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Bengaluru. When the parents of the boy were unable to contact him, they registered a missing complaint.

After the trip, the woman was reportedly forcing the boy to marry her. She even reached his village and reportedly met his parents asking them to let her marry the boy. The parents then approached the department of women and child development officers

The officers shifted the boy to a government home for boys and the woman to the state home of Mysuru. Since the minor boy has confirmed a physical relationship, a case under Protection of Children from Sexual offences (POCSO) Act, has been registered against the woman in Nanjangud town police station.