A 12-year-old girl who was walking to a madrassa in Kerala’s Kasaragod was abducted at knifepoint and sexually assaulted, an FIR filed with Bekal Police on Monday said. The police said the victim stated that the assault took place at 7 am one month ago.
The complaint states that the girl was gagged with a shawl and assaulted in the sit-out of a building near the grama panchayat office close to her home. She reportedly informed the police that the attacker was a migrant worker.
However, a medical examination at the District Hospital in Kanhangad confirmed penetrative sexual assault, with doctors stating her injuries were between one and two weeks old, according to an investigating officer.
The police have not ruled out the possibility that the attacker might be someone known to the girl. This suspicion grew after finding inconsistencies in her statement while inspecting the alleged assault site.
The girl, the youngest of eight siblings, lives at her mother’s ancestral house for her education. Her eldest sister is married. “She disclosed her ordeal to her eldest sister during a recent visit to their father’s house,” the officer said.
