6 Arrested in Kerala After Dalit Girl Claims Sexual Abuse by 62 People Over 5 Years

6 Arrested in Kerala: The Kerala Police filed two FIRs and arrested six individuals after an 18-year-old Dalit girl from Pathanamthitta district accused around 62 persons of sexually assaulting her for the past five years.

According to Pathanamthitta Superintendent of Police V G Vinod Kumar, two cases were registered in different police station. "In one case we arrested five people and a lone accused in another case. Other case will be registered once details are verified. The probe is being supervised by a deputy superintendent of police," he added.

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The case emerged after volunteers of Kerala Mahila Samakhya Society during a random visit to a district level athlete girl met her. When she was going to narrate her bitter experiences for past year these volunteers informed the district Child Welfare Committee (CWC).

Advocate N Rajeev, who heads the Pathanamthitta CWC, said it actually has come before the committee 15 days ago. “I told the girl to report before the committee along with her mother. She was given counselling and she opened up before a psychologist, narrating the sexual abuse she has been facing since the age of 13.”

He said that the family of the girl did not know about the alleged sexual abuses that went on for years. “She hadn’t shared anything with the mother. Since the girl is a district-level athlete, she has attended various sports camps over the years. That situation might have facilitated this series of sexual abuse,” he added.

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“She used the mobile phone of her father, an alcoholic. Most of the perpetrators were identified from the list of contacts in the mobile phone. Many numbers were found saved in it,” Rajeev said.

“Psychologists with the Nirbhaya scheme spoke to her to ascertain the credibility of her claims. They also examined her father’s mobile phone to find out the names of the alleged abusers. Once the probe progresses, the chances of involvement of more people cannot be ruled out,” he said, adding, “The girl has been shifted to a shelter under the CWC, considering her protection.”

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