CHENNAI: A small-time Tamil film actor and a local politician have been arrested by the Chennai Police under the Pocso Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act for allegedly forcing a 15-year-old schoolgirl into prostitution. The girl was rescued from a lodge in Vadapalani in August, following which three others, including a woman, were initially arrested.

Police said the 60-year-old actor had taken the minor to several “clients” and sexually exploited her. Other than him and the politician, the police also arrested a construction firm employee and two women, including a friend of the victim’s mother, who played a key role in trafficking the girl.

Probe revealed that the girl, a Class 9 student, lost her father early. After her mother remarried and abandoned her, the mother’s fr

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