The police registered a case under the POCSO Act and arrested the seven students. They were later presented in a court and remanded in judicial custody.
Published Feb 18, 2025 | 3:58 PM ⚊ Updated Feb 18, 2025 | 3:58 PM
Sexual harassment. Representative Image. (iStock)
Synopsis: One of the students befriended the 17-year-old girl on Snapchat, and invited her to a rented room, where she was allegedly assaulted. Her grandmother complained to the police after she had gone missing. The girl returned home the next day, and on questioning, revealed the alleged assault.
The Ukkadam police in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district have arrested seven college students under the POCSO Act for allegedly sexually harassing a 17-year-old girl.
Police said the accused students, studying in different private colleges in Coimbatore, were residing in rented rooms at Kuniyamuthur, Kovaipudur, and Eesanari.
One of the accused befriended the girl on Snapchat, a multimedia instant messaging app, and invited her to his room at Kuniyamuthur.
The girl’s grandmother approached the police with a missing complaint when she did not return home. Even as the police were searching for the teenage girl, she reached home the next day.
On questioning, the girl said she had stayed at Kuniyamuthur and revealed that she had been assaulted.
After her revelation, the police registered a case under the POCSO Act and arrested the students. They were presented before a court and remanded in judicial custody.
The police did not identify the accused students due to the sensitive nature of the case.
கோவையில், 17 வயது சிறுமி, 7 மாணவர்களால் கூட்டுப் பாலியல் வன்முறைக்கு ஆளாக்கப்பட்டுள்ள செய்தி மிகுந்த அதிர்ச்சியளிக்கிறது. பெருகியிருக்கும் போதைப் பொருள்கள் புழக்கத்தால், இளைஞர்கள், விலங்கு மனப்பான்மைக்குச் சென்று கொண்டிருக்கின்றனர் என்பதைத்தான் சிறுமிகள் மீதான இது போன்ற கூட்டுப்…
— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) February 18, 2025
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai accused the DMK government of doing nothing to protect women.
“The news of the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl by seven students in Coimbatore is shocking. Such gang-rapes on girls show that the youth are having beastly mentality due to increasing drug abuse,” he said in an X post.
“The DMK government has not moved a single finger to prevent drug trafficking or ensure the safety of women,” he added in the post in Tamil.
(Edited by Sumavarsha with inputs from Subash Chandra Bose).
