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Gowryshankar Kathirkamanathan, 30, of Ajax, is accused of drugging, forcibly confining and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl over a period of days in Ajax and was arrested on Friday, May 2, 2025.Photo by Handout /Durham Regional Police
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A 30-year-old man is accused of drugging and confining a young teenage girl while sexually assaulting her over a period of days in Ajax.
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Durham Regional Police say Special Victims Unit officers launched an investigation on Wednesday after receiving information from Hamilton Police that a 14-year-old girl had allegedly been sexually assaulted and forcibly confined in Ajax.
It’s alleged that a man picked up the teen in Hamilton and drove her to Ajax where “she was confined and sexually assaulted over a period of days.”
A suspect was subsequently identified and arrested “without incident” on Friday.
Gowryshankar Kathirkamanathan, 30, of Ajax, is charged with five counts of sexual assault, five counts of sexual interference, as well as one count each of forcible confinement, uttering threats and assault, and two counts of overcome resistance to the commission of an offence/administer drug.
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The accused remained in custody while awaiting a bail hearing.
“The victim and accused were known to each other through a mutual connection,” Const. Emily Mitchell said in a statement released Saturday.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation, including any other possible victims, is urged to call the Special Victims Unit at 1-888-579-1520, ext. 5316, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
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