Chennai, Feb. 18 -- In a shocking incident, a 17-year-old girl was gang raped
near Ukkadam area in the Textile City of Coimbatore following which seven students
of a private college were arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual
Offences (POCSO) Act.
The victim was befriended by one of the arrested accused through social media,
police said.
The incident occurred when she went to meet her boyfriend on being invited to
his room, where he was staying with his college mates in the suburban area.
When the police launched a search following complaint from her parents as she
did not return home, the college students let off the girl, who on reaching her
residence narrated the ordeal to her parents.
After preliminary investi...