Chennai: Royapuram all-women police have registered a case under the Pocso Act against a photographer accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl at a hotel in Puducherry in Aug.Police registered a zero FIR and transferred it to Puducherry for investigation. A zero FIR allows police to register a case regardless of where the crime occurred and transfer it to the police station with jurisdiction. A team from the Union territory arrived in Chennai on Friday to question and apprehend the accused, Thiagu, but could not find him in Royapuram.Police said Chennai district Child Welfare Committee got information about the alleged abuse in Sept, and after speaking to the girl, filed a police complaint.According to the complaint, the girl’s mother, who knew Thiagu for 14 years, had agreed to let him marry her daughter after she turned 18. The girl had dropped out of school after Class IX.The girl, her mother and Thiagu reportedly travelled to Puducherry on Aug 28 for a photo shoot and stayed at a hotel near Muthialpet. Thiagu allegedly sexually assaulted the girl on Aug 30 while her mother was outside the room.Police said they were searching for Thiagu.
