Based on a complaint lodged by the parents with the Kovilpatti east police, the trio was booked under sections 3 (penetrative sexual assault), 4 (punishment for penetrative sexual assault), 5(i) (penetrative sexual assault causing grievous hurt or causing bodily harm and injury or injury to the sexual organs of the child), 5(m) (penetrative sexual assault on a child below twelve years) and 6 (punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. After repeated rounds of counselling by the parents he gave a detailed account of the tragedy to his mother. He advised his parents to pacify him and know what was troubling him so that he could get help to come out of it.
The doctor informed his parents that he was traumatised and is unable to come out of shock for reasons unknown. Unable to bear with the physical and mental assault he has been facing for weeks, he also lost his appetite, fell ill and was admitted to a private hospital in Kovilpatti on January 6 and underwent treatment till January 15. The boys had access to mobile phones as they were attending online classes. While the victim, son of an autorickshaw driver, studied in a private school, the abusers studied in another school. The police said that the victim and the abusers, who are neighbours, used to be friends. The three boys were arrested on Friday and lodged in the home for children in conflict with the law in Tirunelveli. The incident came to light earlier this week when the boy who was hospitalised for 10 days told his parents after his discharge. Inquiry by the police revealed that the accused who are only in class 8 (two boys) and 9 (one boy) students saw porn in their mobile phones they were using to attend online class and to play games and sexually abused the boy by showing him those videos and forcing him to do the same. TUTICORIN: Three minor boys aged 13 and 14 years old were arrested by the Kovilpatti east police in Tuticorin district for repeated sexual abuse of their nine-year-old neighbour for close to one-and-a-half-months.
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