Mangaluru: In a shameful incident, a girl brought up in an orphanage was allegedly subjected to sexual assault. A young lady, on Wednesday night, January 6, was found in an injured state near Puttur Harady railway bridge.
The victim has been identified as an inmate of an orphanage at Palakkad village in Kerala.

The local residents who spotted the girl in an unconscious state rushed her to Puttur government hospital.

During the course of the treatment, the victim is said to have told the doctors that she was gangraped by some Kerala police officers while she was travelling by train.

She was shifted to Ladygoshen hospital in Mangaluru shortly after.

However, as per sources the victim is said to have refused to continue treatment in the Mangaluru hospital and according to hospital sources, left the hospital in a state of depression.

A missing case has now been registered at the Bunder police station.

It is now left to ascertain as to whether the girl of Haryana orgin was raped in a moving train or was subjected to abuse in her orphanage.