ASSAULTED BY 14 MEN FOR TWO YEARS

By Anshika Khera

Nine people , including two government employees have been arrested from Kasaragod for allegedly assaulting a 16-year old boy . He met them on a mobile app for the LGBTQ community, police said on Tuesday.

As reported by a senior police officer ,the boy was sexually assaulted by 14 different men at his home and other places for over two years  including in Kannur and Kozhikode districts. The crime came to light when the man ran away when the boy’s mother spotted him at their house. On asking her son, he told her what was happening and she communicated the same to the child line which in turn informed the police, the officer said.

The officer said that 14 separate cases have been registered against the accused during the last two days based on the statement given by the victim, under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act , 2012 .

A Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising a DySP and four Inspectors has also been constituted and they will be probing the eight cases related to incidents that occurred in Kasaragod district, the officer said. The remaining six cases have been transferred to Kozhikode and Kannur district where the boy was allegedly sexually assaulted.