The accused reportedly realised the gravity of the POCSO charges only after being remanded. Many face charges that could result in incarceration for at least one to four months before bail is granted.

Kerala Police’s Special Investigation Team has arrested 44 people accused of raping a Dalit girl for over five years, with 15 more suspects yet to be caught.

The case comes to light after the victim narrates the gang rape to a volunteer during a gender awareness programme

The special investigation team (SIT) of Kerala police probing the sensational case of alleged sexual abuse of a Dalit girl in the district has arrested 44 people so far in connection with the matter,

The Kerala police have arrested six additional individuals in connection with the shocking sexual abuse of an 18-year-old Dalit girl, who was reportedly assaulted by over 60 people over a span of five years in Pathanamthitta district.

Authorities in southern India have detained almost 50 men suspected of repeatedly raping and sexually abusing a girl from the age of 13.

The unnamed woman, now 18, said around 60 men sexually abused her in her southern home state of Kerala beginning from when she was just 13.