Kerala: 21-year-old beautician `sexually assaults` 17-year-old boy, arrested

Kottayam: The Kerala Police has arrested a beautician on the basis of a complaint registered by the mother of a minor boy, who alleged that her 17-year-old son was lured by the 21-year-old into a trap and was sexually assaulted.

As per police, the woman and the boy became friends on Facebook.

The beautician had visited the minor's house at Ramapuram near Pala on Saturday night.

The duo locked themselves inside his room, refused to come out, despite pleas from the boy's parents, relatives, neighbours, and police and even threatened suicide when the family tried to break open the door, they said.

Police finally broke open the door and the woman was arrested.

They said the woman has been charged under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act).

A local court has remanded the woman to judicial custody.

(With PTI inputs)