Thalassery : A 45-year-old BJP leader was arrested Wednesday for sexually abusing a 4th Std girl student repeatedly at Palathai school in Panoor where the accused worked as teacher. The man, identified as Padmarajan, a native of Kadavathoor residing in Kanniyil in Mundathode Kuttangod, is Thripadangoor Panchayat President and NITU's District leader. He was booked under POCSO a month back, but had gone missing since.
The cops nabbed Padmarajan early in the day at a RSS dominant locality in Panoor as he made a run from his home, but was eventually captured. He is being currently questioned at Panoor police station.
According to police, Padmarajan would call the 9-year-old girl to school on holidays and molest her in the school’s bathroom. The abuse was repeated several times in the same manner. According to the child, Padmarajan threatened to kill her and mother, should she ever talk of the molestations to anyone, The child who lost her father, was terrified over time and stopped going to school altogether.
Upon learning of the serial abuse, the girl’s relatives lodged a complaint with DYSP on 16th March. Medical examination found evidence of sexual assault and the child was brought to magistrate who recorded her statement.
