Thiruvanananthapuram: Three young men have been arrested and a case under the POCSO Act has been registered for the rape of three teenage girls at a hostel at Kadinamkulam in Thiruvanananthapuram district.

The arrested youths are natives of Valiyathura.

They landed in police net quite unexpectedly on Thursday night. The trio stumbled upon the police as they jumped over the hostel wall. The cops were waiting there on seeing a suspiciously parked bike near the hostel. Upon questioning them, the shocking crime was unravelled.

The girls were made to drink liquor by the young men after they made their entry into the hostel.

The young men were familiar to the girls. They came in contact through social media.

TAGS

Google News Add as a preferred source on Google
The comments posted here/below/in the given space are not on behalf of Onmanorama. The person posting the comment will be in sole ownership of its responsibility. According to the central government's IT rules, obscene or offensive statement made against a person, religion, community or nation is a punishable offense, and legal action would be taken against people who indulge in such activities.