Head constable held for sexually harassing boy
Tirunelveli: A head constable was arrested at Ambasamudram in Tirunelveli district on Sunday, following a complaint lodged by the mother of a 13-year-old boy alleging that he had sexually harassed her son. Police said Anthony Jenifer, 36, was working as a havildar attached to 9th Battalion at ‘A’ Company of Tamil Nadu Special Police. On Sunday around 9.15am, a Class VIII student went with his mother to a shop at Ambasamudram.
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