Saturday, July 09, 2011: In a major break through in the investigation into the sexual harassment of a minor girl here, the police has arrested four more accused, raising the total number of accused to eleven.The police had arrested autorickshaw driver Assis (24), a native of Palavila and Niyaz (22), a native of Anacherry from their houses. They sexually harassed the minor girl in the autorickshaw of Niyaz since May 2009.
The case is that a minor girl from Kothamangalam was sexually exploited by many, including her father. The police said that the girl’s father Mohemmedali forced his daughter into prostitution for more than a year.
The police added that the girl was often sexually harassed in vehicles like cars and autorickshaws and that at least 11 persons had harassed her. The incident came to light after the authorities of the school where she studied informed the police about the incident. Mohemmedali had earlier taken his daughter to hospital for pregnancy test which proved positive.
He had reportedly forced the hospital authorities to subject the girl to Medical Termination of Pregnancy. But, the hospital authorities informed the matter to the school authorities who in turn tipped the police. Meanwhile, the local people said the girl might have been presented to more than 100 persons during the last one year.
One of her classmates is also said to have sexually harassed her. Mohemmedali has reportedly told the police that a local leader of a political party had harassed the girl. The local people have also tipped the police about a similar incident in the locality in which the victim and her parents have reportedly been moved to Tamil Nadu by some people to suppress the incident.
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