THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A man accused in a POCSO case, who had converted to Christianity, became a pastor, and lived in hiding in Chennai after two marriages, was arrested after 25 years. The accused, 49-year-old Muthukumar from Neeramankara, Thiruvananthapuram, had been on the run after securing bail in a case involving the sexual assault of a 14-year-old Scheduled Caste student. The incident took place in 2001, when the accused was the girl’s tuition teacher.

He had been living under the name Sam in Chennai. Muthukumar avoided using his own mobile phone, instead making calls to relatives from public phone booths and from his second wife’s mobile. He used to send money to his mother and relatives in Tenkasi through the bank CDM machines. The Vanchiyoor police finally managed to arrest him af

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