Six youths held for raping seven Kerala orphage girls

Kalpetta (Kerala), March 7: Six youths were on Tuesday arrested for raping seven school girls, who are inmates of an orphage near here, police said. Statements of the victims — students of Classes 8 and 9 — were recorded by a magistrate earlier in the day. Speaking to IANS, a Kalpetta police station official said all the six alleged attackers have been identified through an identification parade. “The youths have been arrested and now they will be presented before a magistrate. (IANS)