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Search on for S.Korean national for alleged sexual abuse

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Press Trust of India Bangalore
Police are on the look out for a 75-year-old South Korean national, who is heading an orphanage here, following a complaint relating to alleged sexual harassment of a minor girl several years ago.

A case has been registered in the Kothanur police station against the South Korean and his employee on the basis of a complaint filed by the victim, who is now 24 years old, police said today.

Stating that he was absconding, a police official said case has been filed under various sections of the IPC, including 354 relating to assault or criminal force against a woman with the intent to outrage her modesty.
 

The woman has in her complaint alleged the South Korean national had been sexually exploiting her for years when she was a minor and that his staffer was abetting it.

She said she managed to escape after she got married and left the orphanage in 2006.

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First Published: Jul 25 2013 | 9:35 PM IST

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