MALAPPURAM: Three men, who sexually abused a 15-year-old boy, have been remanded. Ellikal Seithalavi (60), Koyamu (60) and Abdul Khader (50) were arrested by the police in two cases and were produced in the court. Later they were remanded.

As per the case, the boy has been raped in June, 2022 and multiple times after that. The accused took the boy in an auto while he was waiting for the school bus and assaulted him. He was taken to an isolated place and was raped by showing obscene videos. Another case is for sexually abusing the same boy after taking him on a bike. The details about the abuse came out when the parents, who were suspicious of the boy’s behavior, enquired about the matter. Then a complaint was lodged with the police.

At the same time, the Ottapalam police filed a case against 14 people for sexual abusing a minor girl by giving drugs. The victim is a 17-year-old girl from Ottapalam. The girl went missing in the first week of June. Later, she was found in Thiruvananthapuram. She revealed about the sexual abuse during counselling.

According to the complaint, she was taken to various places in Kollam, Thrissur, Ernakulam and Wayanad districts and was sexually assaulted. The 17-year-old was raped after being given MDMA, ganja and alcohol. Reports had also come out that the girl had been used by the drug mafia earlier for drug trafficking.