HYDERABAD: A TRS leader, holding an important position in Nirmal, has been booked allegedly for raping a 15-year-old girl recently under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act after the survivor lodged a complaint.
Nirmal police have registered a case against three accused — the TRS leader, a woman and a car driver — under Sections 376 of the IPC and the POCSO Act. While the TRS leader is on the run, the other two, according to sources, are in police custody.