Tamil Nadu: Three high school students arrested for repeatedly sexually assaulting a nine-year-old boy. Chennai News – Times of India

Tuticorin: Kovilpatti East Police in Tuticorin district has arrested three minor boys aged 13 and 14 for repeatedly sexually assaulting their nine-year-old neighbor for about one and a half months.
Interrogation by the police revealed that the accused who were only students of class 8 (two boys) and 9 (one boy) watched porn in their mobile phones which they were using to attend online classes and play games and boys Showing him sexually exploited her. They video and force him to do so.
The incident came to light earlier this week when the boy, who was hospitalized for 10 days, told his parents after being discharged. These three boys have been arrested on Friday and kept in the house for the children who violate the law. tirunelveli, Police said the victim and the abuser, who are neighbors, used to be friends. While the son of the autorickshaw driver was studying in a private school, the abuser was studying in another school. The boys had mobile phones as they were attending online classes.
“All the boys used to sit and play together” Online Games in one of his houses. On one such occasion, the accused showed pornographic material to the victim on his phone and forced the boy to do so. They took him to a narrow unused street in the locality to abuse him. The boy was afraid of his former friends and stayed indoors for several days as they waited for him to come out to drag him on the street and sexually abuse him. This continued for one-and-a-half months,” said a police source.
Unable to bear the physical and mental assault he had been facing for weeks, he also lost his appetite, fell ill and was admitted to a private hospital in Kovilpatti on 6 January and underwent treatment till 15 January. The doctor informed his parents that he was in shock and was unable to come out of the shock due to unknown reasons. He advised his parents to calm him down and find out what was bothering him to help him come out of it. After repeated consultations by the parents, she gave a detailed account of the tragedy to her mother.
Based on a complaint lodged by the parents with the Kovilpatti East police, a case has been registered against the trio under sections 3 (Penetrative sexual assault), 4 (Punishment for penetrative sexual assault), 5 (i) (Penetrative sexual assault) has been done. Damage and injury or injury to the sexual organs of the child), 5(m) (penetrative sexual assault on a child below twelve years of age) and 6 (punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault) Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act .
Efforts are on to get the victim out of shock.
(The identity of the victim is not disclosed to protect the privacy of the victim as per the directions of the Supreme Court on matters related to sexual harassment)

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