Girl in India raped by 17 men since January, police say

Girl in India raped by 17 men since January, police say

A new India rape case has emerged with a 11-year-old girl reportedly raped by 17 men who worked in the building she lived in.

The incidents have taken place since mid-January, according to S. Rajendran, the deputy commissioner of police for Chennai’s Kilpauk district.

They were reported to police Sunday after the girl told her family.

The 17 men — who worked in the building as security and facilities personnel — are under arrest, according to Rajendran.

The girl in the India rape case has a hearing disability and was given a sedative by injection before she was assaulted in the generator room in the basement, Rajendran said.

The accused, who range in age from their early 20s to late 60s, are also alleged to have threatened the victim should she reveal any details about the case, said A.K. Viswanathan, the local police commissioner.

Viswanathan said the first person to sexually assault the girl was a 66-year-old lift operator.

Emotions spilled over in the courtroom Tuesday, with a scuffle breaking out after the lawyers representing the girl and a separate group of attorneys with no connection to the case attacked the defendants as they were leaving, Rajendran told CNN.

This latest India rape case follows a string of others that have rattled India in recent months.

In a separate case in May, a 16-year-old girl was gang-raped and burned to death in the northeastern state of Jharkhand, authorities said.

Six men were accused of raping five anti-trafficking workers last month.

In another case in July, three adults, including a school principal and two teachers, and 16 minors were arrested on allegations that they repeatedly raped a 15-year-old.

And last week, a lawmaker from India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was charged with raping a teenager. Her father was allegedly beaten to death for complaining about it.

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