Three men rape 13-year-old girl out on bathroom break

A 13-year-old girl, who went out of her home to take a leak, was gangraped by three men. The crime reportedly happened in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore district.
According to the father of the 13-year-old girl, she is a student of Class 9 and had gone out of the house in the evening to use the bathroom. However, when she didn’t return after being gone for a long while, the father went looking for her.
He said that he saw three men and when he started calling for his daughter and running towards them, they fled the scene.
He then realised the child was sexually assaulted. The incident occurred on November 16.
Based on the complaint of the father, a complaint was registered with the Vellore All Women Police. Three men, identified as Veerapa, Madhan and Chinnarasu and reported to be the child’s relatives were arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The accused were then remanded to district central prison, and further investigations were underway.