BENGALURU: A 26-year-old badminton coach was arrested on Thursday for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl at a sports centre in Hulimavu police limits.
The incident came to light after the girl’s grandmother found some nude photos sent to an unknown number from her (grandmother’s) mobile phone. The girl’s grandmother alerted her parents immediately.
When confronted by her mother, the girl revealed that the coach had sexually abused her on multiple occasions under the guise of giving her additional training sessions and warned her against disclosing about it to anyone, police said.
The accused has been identified as Balaji Suresh of Tamil Nadu. He was booked under the POCSO Act based on a complaint by the girl’s mother. Suresh was remanded in police custody for eight days.
A senior police officer said the girl enrolled for badminton coaching two years ago. Suresh allegedly sexually abused and harassed her on multiple occasions. He even took her to his house several times, where he sexually assaulted her.
After her class 10 exam, she went to her grandmother's house and that on March 30 she sent her nude photos from her grandmother's mobile phone to the coach on his insistence, the complainant alleged.
During interrogation, the accused confessed that he sexually abused the victim. He also confessed that he had taken her nude photos. The police also found photographs of eight other girls on his phone.
Duo on bike molests woman
A young woman, who was on her way home, was stopped and inappropriately touched and verbally abused by two unidentified men on Hennur Main Road on Wednesday.
The woman has filed a police complaint. The woman was returning home around 4.30 pm when the duo followed her on a two-wheeler. After intercepting her scooter, they started touching her inappropriately. When passersby tried to catch the duo, they brandished a knife and fled the spot.
(With inputs from PTI)