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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.

One of the attackers was holding a stick and kept beating the teen. A voice from the background kept forcing the boy to chant religious slogans. The video showed that the teen forced to lick spit off the feet of his tormentor. The teen was beaten up with a stick. He was mercilessly slapped repeatedly by the assailants. The ordeal did not end there and teen was forced to lick spit off the feet of the tormentor.

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The court said, "The applicant is also of a tender age of 26 years, and they come together out of a love affair. It seems that the alleged incident of sexual relationship is out of the attraction between the two young persons and it is not the case that the applicant has subjected the victim to a sexual assault out of lust."

The girl was rescued owing to the efforts of Hindu groups who intervened upon learning about the situation

"A girl, aged around 12 years, was found bleeding on a street located under the Mahakal police station area in Ujjain on Monday. She was taken to a hospital, where her initial medical examination confirmed that she had been raped," Superintendent of Police (SP) Sachin Sharma said.