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Young woman alleges sexual assault in Puducherry

by IBNS 22 Dec 2014, 11:31 pm

Puducherry, Dec 23 (IBNS): A young woman in Puducherry alleged that she was raped while lying on the beach, police said.

The incident took place as a family of five girls and their parents from Bihar decided to commit suicide together.

 The five sisters had been evicted from the famous Aurobindo Ashram where they had lived for over a decade before accusing the management of sexual misconduct, media reports said.

Early in December, the Supreme Court had ruled against the family and said they would have to leave the hermitage’s residential quarters.

One of the sisters climbed up to the water tank and threatened to jump to death. But later she was coaxed into changing her mind by the police.

The next morning, the sisters and their parents plunged into the sea. Two women and their mother died while the father and three of his daughters were rescued by fishermen and hospitalized.

One of the sisters said that she was raped while she lay on the beach after being left there by the fishermen who had saved her life, reports said.

According to sources, two men were arrested so far for the alleged sexual assault. The police were awaiting the medical report now.