'Orphanage head indulged in homosexuality'

TIRUNELVELI: The arrested Arumai Packiam Maunel Orphanage head Justine had indulged in homosexuality and voyeurism while orphanage girls were bathing, besides involving the kids in begging, according to sources.

Justine (40) of Arumai Packiam Manuel Orphanage at Poojapiraiviali in Kanyakumari district was arrested on Sunday on charges sexual harassment after the raid conducted by the Child Welfare Committee and Social Welfare Department which rescued 32 children from the unrecognised orphanage. The rescued children have been temporarily placed at child reception unit at Saranalayam in Tirunelveli.Sources said that 75 per cent of the children were below the age of 14. Among them 18 were girls and 14 were boys. During preliminary investigation, the children had openly said that the orphanage head had indulged in homosexual activities with male children and also watched the female children having bath.He could be seen loitering near the bathrooms between 7 am and 9 am.

Another shocking revelation was that he touched their body parts on the pretext of applying soap.

He had also taken the kids to Uvari, Madurai and other places for begging. After obtaining the social investigation report, the fate of the children would be decided, the sources added.