

CHENNAI: The Tiruvallur Special Pocso Court on Thursday sentenced a 48-year-old woman, K Indhra, to 17 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 35,000 for sexually assaulting two four-year-old boys in 2018.
The Avadi police said Special Judge B Umamaheswari delivered the verdict against Indhra, who worked as a caretaker at a private school.
Investigations found that Indhra and another staff member, K Baskar, had sexually assaulted the children inside a moving school bus. Baskar, the main accused, died by suicide in 2021.
The court also directed that compensation of Rs 5 lakh each be provided to each of the victims by the state government.