KASARGOD: Vittala police arrested five people including three Keralites for sexually assaulting a minor girl near a school porch. The other two arrested were Karnataka natives. The Keralites were arrested from Kasaragod’s Manjeshwar.

The arrested Keralites are Akshay Devadiga (24), Sukumar Belchada (28), and Kamalaksha Belchada (30). Akshay and Kamalaksha are painters and they were arrested from their workplace. Sukumar is a driver.

Charges under the POCSO Act and Dalit Atrocities Act were filed against the accused three. The incident happened last Friday. The girl was asked out by her boyfriend on that night. Both of them reached the school premises where the shrewd plan unfolded. The girl was attacked by her lover and his other friends. According to reports, she was brutally assaulted inside the school. Late into the night, the girl reached back home but was exhausted that she collapsed on the floor. She was later taken to a hospital and a complaint was registered.