Man sentenced to double life imprisonment for sexual assault in Nagapattinam

The District Sessions Court in Nagapattinam on Wednesday sentenced a 59-year-old man to double life imprisonment and 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 25-year-old woman with intellectual disability in 2023.

The court imposed a fine of ₹25,000 on the convict, identified as V. Singaravelu, 59, of Kuravapulam.

According to the police, Singaravelu sexually assaulted the woman when she was alone in an agricultural field where she was working as a daily wage labourer.