The Vithura police arrested two youths for allegedly raping two minor tribal girls on Monday.
The sisters, aged 16 and 14 years, were subjected to the torture at a time when the tribal areas including Vithura and Peringamala have come under the close watch of law enforcers in the wake of multiple cases of sexual abuse and suicide reported among young girls.
The police identified the accused as Vinod, alias Renju, 32, of Peppara, and Sarath, 23, of Kilimanoor. Vinod, who is relative of the survivors’ mother, used to frequent their house. He also used to work as a rubber tapper with the victims’ parents. He exploited the freedom to allegedly rape the sisters and threaten them against revealing the crime to their parents.
