
Three boys held for sexual assault on minor girl with disabilities near Coimbatore
The Hindu
Three boys held for sexual assault on minor girl with disabilities near Coimbatore
The Coimbatore District Police have arrested three minor boys on the charge of sexually assaulting a minor girl with dsaibilities near Thondamuthur.
The police said that the 16-year-old girl from Assam, who is hearing and speech-impaired, was sexually assaulted by the boys.
According to the police, the girl resided near Thondamuthur with her mother. On March 31, she stepped out to a shop after informing her mother, but returned home late in the evening. When her mother asked her why she was late, the girl communicated that a boy took her to a deserted spot on a two-wheeler and sexually assaulted her. Her mother lodged a complaint with the All Women Police Station, Perur, on Wednesday.
The police investigation, with the aid of a sign language expert, revealed that two more boys, also minors, had sexually assaulted her.
The three minors were arrested late on Thursday and they were sent to the Observation Home for Juveniles in the city.

When reporters brought to her notice the claim by villagers that the late maharaja of Mysore Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar had gifted the land to them, Pramoda Devi Wadiyar said she is not aware of the matter, but sought to assure people that no effort will be made to take back the land that had been gifted by the late maharaja.