Cab driver tied to pole, thrashed for sexually assaulting girl student

CHIKKAMAGALUR: A cab driver, who allegedly sexually assaulted a girl student, was tied to a pole and thrashed by villagers at Siddarahalli near Sakkarayapatna in Kadur taluk on Friday.

The cab driver was tied to a pole and thrashed by villagers.

The driver Rajappa allegedly used to hang around near the government higher primary school from morning to evening. He repeatedly sexually assaulted a girl in the school toilet and in another room, according to the FIR.

A case has been registered against in under the POCSO Act at the Sakkarayapatna police station.