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In a disturbing lawsuit that came to airy during a regular reappraisal of kid payment files, a 15-year-old miss has been allegedly subjected to repeated intersexual assaults successful Karur and Tiruchi since 2021.
The Srirangam All Women Police Station (AWPS) has registered a First Information Report (FIR) nether the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, against 15 individuals, including the parent and gramps of the girl. The FIR, filed connected January 7, by inspector M. Selvamalar based connected a ailment from P. Rahul Gandhi, District Child Protection Officer, Tiruchi, details allegations of aggregate intersexual assaults connected the 15-year-old minor. The survivor, present residing with her parents successful Karur district, was allegedly subjected to intersexual assaults successful Tiruchi and Karur districts.
According to the FIR, the transgression came to airy successful October 2025 erstwhile the Tiruchi Child Welfare Committee (CWC) reviewed quarterly files and identified unresolved allegations. Documents showed that the miss had been sexually assaulted and was adjacent delivered of a babe lad connected June 14, 2023, astatine a backstage infirmary successful Tiruchi. The girl’s household took her distant leaving the babe successful the hospital.
The infirmary authorities alerted the constabulary who traced the family. However, erstwhile the household members said they were not successful a presumption to instrumentality attraction of the baby, it was handed implicit to the CWC. Action had not been taken against the alleged perpetrators until the reappraisal prompted a missive from the CWC connected December 23, 2025, urging investigation.
An enquiry was conducted connected January 3 astatine the District Child Protection Unit bureau successful Tiruchi, wherever the miss turned up with her parent and grandfather. In the beingness of CWC members and a counsellor, the insignificant recounted the crimes opening successful 2021, erstwhile she was successful Class 6 and surviving successful Tiruchi.
According to the FIR, during a mid-term abrogation of the school, the girl’s gramps took her to Karur territory to assistance his 2nd wife. While there, she allegedly befriended a antheral moving arsenic a supplier astatine a hotel. He sexually assaulted her aggregate times astatine her grandfather’s location erstwhile she was alone. The miss said she informed her grandma but enactment was not taken.
In 2022, erstwhile she was studying successful Class 7, she was sexually assaulted by an aged antheral portion her parent was astatine work. Her grandfather’s member and his six friends had sexually assaulted her successful Tiruchi. The miss alleged that these crimes were committed erstwhile she was sent to present food.
She was sexually assaulted by her maternal uncle astatine his location successful Tiruchi; by her paternal aunt’s lad successful Karur; and by a idiosyncratic during a temple festival successful a colony successful Karur, according to the FIR.
In January 2025, portion staying with her parent successful Karur, the miss was sexually assaulted successful a wood successful Uppidamangalam by an acquaintance of her parent moving astatine a fireworks company. The miss informed her parent and gramps astir the transgression but they allegedly failed to act.
A lawsuit has been registered against 15 persons, including the girl’s parent and her gramps nether the POCSO Act, the Indian Penal Code and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
The ailment notes that astir fractional the accused are relatives of the victim. Police sources said further investigations were nether way, but nary arrests person been made truthful far.
The ailment notes that astir fractional the accused are relatives of the victim. Police sources said further investigations were nether way, but nary arrests person been made truthful far.
