An HIV-positive man was arrested for sexually abusing two minor girls and passing on the deadly virus to them at Kothankulam village in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu, police said on Sunday.
Forty eight year old Ayappan was arrested on Saturday following complaints from the parents of the girls and local panchayat president that he had sexually abused the minors.
Ayyappan’s sister Velankanni has also been arrested for helping him befriend the girls with a ‘malafide intention’, police said.
The incident came to light when the girls, who began to fall sick frequently, told their parents that Ayyappan had abused them sexually and threatened them to keep it under wraps.
When doctors at the AIDS awareness Centre at Virudhanagar tested them for HIV, both confirmed positive. Police said Ayyappan had confessed that he had abused the girls.