Puducherry rape horror: First auto driver, then techies assault 16-year-old girl

A 16-year-old girl from Mumbai was found in a weakened condition at a beach in Pondicherry. According to the police she was raped by an auto driver and then by a group of techies. Reportedly, her mother had filed a missing person's report after she left her home following a family argument.

In Short

• Missing 16-year-old Mumbai girl found at a Puducherry beach in weakened condition
• Police say she was sexually assaulted by auto driver, then by group of techies
• CCTV footage help arrest auto driver, three techies as police look for other suspects

A 16-year-old girl from Mumbai was found in an extremely weakened condition at a beach in Puducherry. The girl who was visiting her family in Pondicherry for Diwali was reported missing two days ago.

According to the police, she was raped by an autorickshaw driver and then sexually assaulted by a group of techies.

She was taken to JIPMER hospital, where medical reports confirmed she had been sexually assaulted. The girl’s mother had filed a missing person report on October 31 with the Grand Bazaar Police after the girl left home following a family argument the day before that. Two days later, the girl was discovered near Beach Road in a severely weakened condition.

Police investigations, using CCTV footage, revealed that the girl had entered an auto rickshaw driven by a man identified as Kaja Mohideen. Instead of taking her to the requested tourist spot, Mohideen allegedly took her to a guest house and then to his home, where he raped her. He later dropped her at Auroville.

The girl then tried to get a lift from a group of techies who were on their way to Chennai where she wanted to meet her friend. However, the techies allegedly took her to a room and gangraped her, keeping her captive in the room for two days and then sent her back to Puducherry by booking a cab.

Grand Bazaar Police have arrested Kaja Mohideen, one techie from Andhra, two from Odisha under Section 6 of POCSO, which deals with punishment for aggravated sexual assault, and Section 137 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which deals with the kidnapping and are on lookout for three more culprits.

Further investigations are underway.