A 16-year-old girl from Mumbai was found in an extremely emaciated condition on a beach in Puducherry. The girl who was visiting her family in Pondicherry for Diwali was reported missing two days ago.

According to the police, she was raped by a bus driver and then sexually assaulted by a group of technicians.

She was taken to JIPMER hospital where medical reports confirmed that she was sexually assaulted. The girl’s mother filed a missing person report on Oct. 31 with the Grand Bazaar Police after the girl left home following a family argument the day before. Two days later, the girl was discovered near Beach Road in a severely weakened condition.

Police investigations using CCTV footage revealed that the girl got into an auto rickshaw driven by a man identified as Kaja Mohideen. Instead of taking her to the requested tourist spot, Mohideen allegedly took her to a guesthouse and then to his home, where he raped her. He later dropped her off at Auroville.

The girl then tried to get a lift from a group of techies heading to Chennai where she wanted to meet her friend. However, the technicians allegedly took her to a room and gangraped her, keeping her captive in the room for two days and then sent her back to Puducherry by booking a cab.

The Grand Bazaar police arrested Kaja Mohideen, a technician from Andhra, two from Odisha under Section 6 of the POCSO, which deals with punishment for aggravated sexual assault, and Section 137 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS ), who deals with the kidnapping and is looking for three more culprits.

Further investigations are ongoing.