Thiruvananthapuram: One more person has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a 25-year-old woman by her husband and his friends after forcibly making her drink liquor, police said on Saturday.
Six people, including the husband, have been arrested in the case and search is on for another person, they said.
The incident that took place on June 4, came to light after the woman approached police and complained against her husband and his friends in connection with the aforementioned incident.
"We are yet to nab the seventh accused. The child has narrated the incident to us," police said.
A case has been registered against seven accused, including the husband, for kidnapping, assaulting and gang rape. Since the incident took place in front of the child, a case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act has also been registered.
The Kerala State Women's Commission has on its own registered a case and sought a report from the Thiruvananthapuram Rural SP.
According to the police, victim's husband had taken her and their two children to a beach near Puthucurichy on Thursday and later, the family went to a friend's house, where she was forced to drink liquor and thereafter, the men sexually assaulted her in front of her elder son.
As per reports, she managed to flee from the spot and pleaded for help from a young man, who saw her in an inebriated state, and took her to her house and informed the police. Later, the man told some television channels that she was crying, had injuries on her face and pleaded for help. Police have recorded the statement of the woman and the child. In addition to this, the victim also complained that the men had tortured her using cigarette butts.
PTI
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