TIRUCHY: A former teacher was arrested under the Pocso Act for sexually abusing a boy in Thanjavur.

M Balasubramanian (29), from North Madavilagam near Papanasam in Thanjavur, was working as a teacher in a private school in the locality and had stopped work for the past three months.

On October 29, when he was going to his house on his two-wheeler, he saw a 15-year-old boy who came to buy milk and offered him a lift. Instead of dropping the boy near his house, the man sped away to a secluded place and had reportedly sexually abused the boy.

The boy managed to escape from him and narrated the incident to his parents after reaching home. His parents immediately filed a complaint with the Swamimalai police station.

Based on the complaint, the police registered a case against Balasubraman

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