The Chevayur police on Saturday arrested two youths on the charges of sexually assaulting two of the six minor girls who recently went missing from the Government Children’s Home and later tracked from Bengaluru and Nilambur.
The suspects, Febin Rafi of Kodungallur and Tom Thomas of Kollam, were booked under various sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
According to police sources, the youths allegedly tried to assault the girls when they reached Bengaluru by train. The incident came to light when the police quizzed the six girls after they were brought back to the city. The girls in their statement claimed that they were attacked when they tried to seek the youths help to arrange an accommodation in Bengaluru.
