KARUR: The Mahila Court on Friday sentenced a 60-year-old man to 29 years in jail under POCSO Act for sexually assaulting three minor girls over the past two years. Ganapathy of Vengamedu, a daily wage labourer, had assaulted the girls studying in Class 10, 11 and 12, who were sisters. He had committed the crime under the pretext of conducting a ‘pooja.’ The girls’ mother had sent them to the man, believing his words. However, he continuously assaulted them.