Sexual assault on Minor: Five arrested in Uppinangady

Sexual assault on Minor: Five arrested in Uppinangady

July 24: Five persons have been arrested by Uppinangady Police on the charges of sexually assaulting a minor. A case has been booked under Pocso Act.
Police informed that the arrested are Chandraksha of Anabekodi in Ilanthila, Sandeepa alias Sandeep Kumar of Uruvalu Janata Colony, Harsha alias Ravi of Kaniyooru, Lava Kumar alias Lava of Kaniyooru and Lakshmisha alias Charan of Shishila. Search is still on for another accused Mithun.
As per the sources, minor girl went missing from her house on July 17. The family members had filed a kidnap case. While probing the case, the police traced the girl at Hassan. During the interrogation, she had revealed that Chandraksha had sexually assaulted her. After the call records on the mobile phone of the victim were checked, the victim spilled the beans on the sexual assault on her by six persons on different occasions.