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Abuse of minor: one more held

KOCHI: The Ernakulam Crime Branch team probing the sexual exploitation of a minor girl from North Paravur near here is learnt to have taken an employee of Tamil Nadu government into custody for interrogation.

The suspect is learnt to be employed in the department of electricity at Coimbatore. The case was that more than 100 persons sexually exploited her after promising her roles in films. Sources in Crime Branch said more arrests are expected in the coming days.

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