The Auroville police on Sunday arrested three persons, including a 19-year-old youth and a private bus driver, on charges of raping a 15-year-old girl after spiking her cool drink.
The names of the accused were given as Naresh, 19, son of Kumar of Kalaivanar Nagar, and his friends, Venkatesh alias Surya, 39 of Morattandi and Raja alias Rocket Raja, 32, a private bus driver.
They have been charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and remanded in custody.
According to the police, Naresh was known to the victim. He took her on his two-wheeler to a house in the suburbs in Puducherry on Saturday and raped her after spiking her cool drink. Naresh called his friends Surya and Rocket Raja over the phone who sexually assaulted her. The girl was abandoned near the house in a semi-conscious state. After regaining consciousness, the girl told her mother who lodged a complaint with the Auroville police.
