Chennai, Apr 6 (PTI): In a shocking incident a 16-year-old girl was molested by four people and then poisoned to death. They dumped her in an unconscious state after poisoning her at Kashipur crossing in Rohania police station here, police said on Saturday. She died in hospital later. One of the accused is her alleged lover.
The class IXth student gave her statement to the magistrate on Friday and said that four men sexually assaulted her.
The villagers, who saw the girl being dropped, informed the police on Thursday night.
She was admitted to a nearby private hospital and later shifted to a government hospital, where she died on Friday, they said.
On a written complaint of the deceased parents, an FIR has been registered against four including her alleged lover Shailendra alias Abhay and have been arrested, they added.