Tamil Nadu: In a recent shocking incident, at least seven college students were reportedly arrested for raping a 17-year-old girl in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district. According to the police, one of the accused was known to the victim via social media. Coimbatore Police Commissioner A Saravana Sundar said that the girl who resides with her grandmother went to meet some of her friends on Sunday morning but didn’t return home.
Her grandmother filed a missing report at the Ukkadam police station after being unable to contact her as her phone was switched off. Reports stated that the survivor came back home on Monday morning and told police that one of the accused who was her friend, invited her to his rented apartment in Kuniyamuthur. She was gang-raped by him and his six other friends, She added. The accused, in the age group of 19 and 20 years were produced before a court. A case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered and all seven were arrested.
BJP’s Annamalai Slams DMK
After the news went viral, BJP state president K. Annamalai came down heavily on the ruling DMK. In an X post, he wrote, “The news of a 17-year-old girl being gang-raped by 7 students in Coimbatore is shocking. Such gang-rapes on girls show that due to the increasing drug abuse, the youth are turning to animalistic mentality.”
He further questioned, “If the culprit is from the DMK, will the Chief Minister tell us who benefits from blaming the women who were affected and playing the role of father and brother for the sake of vain publicity?”
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
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