A terrible case of child sexual abuse has come to light from Hulimavu area of Bengaluru. The 26 -year -old badminton coach has been arrested for raping a 16 -year -old girl and keeping pornographic material related to other minors.
Accused Suresh Balaji is a resident of Tamil Nadu, who was working as a coach at the local badminton training center. The victim joined her coaching two years ago. On the pretext of training, he used to take the girl to his house again and sexually abused her by threatening to remain silent.
This crime came to light when the girl who went to meet her grandmother during the holiday accidentally sent a nude picture to the coach from her grandmother’s phone. Surprisingly, the grandmother informed the girl’s parents, after which a police complaint was lodged.
Hulimavu police arrested Suresh Balaji and seized his mobile phone. This was followed by shocking revelations. Nude photos and videos of eight minor girls between the ages of 13 to 16 years were found in his phone. Investigation revealed that the coach would have exploited many girls of the training center.
The accused has been sent to 8 days police custody and statements of the victims have been recorded. Police say that further investigation is going on and more victims may come forward.