Mum: Duo gets 7 and 10 yrs’ jail for raping teen

A special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act court on Monday convicted and sentenced a 35-year-old navy steward to 10 years’ imprisonment and a 29-year-old contractor to seven years’ imprisonment for blackmailing and repeatedly raping the 14-year-old daughter of a chief petty officer in 2015. A third accused, a navy sailor, accused of sexually assaulting the minor was acquitted. A fourth navy personnel accused of rape is absconding.

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