A Dalit minor was allegedly sexually assaulted by a four-member gang, all teenagers, near Maraimalainagar on Tuesday.
The Hindu reports that the victim was tricked and taken to an isolated place and sexually abused by the suspects till noon the next day.
The ninth standard student was walking to her home in Kavanoor when two suspects who came on a motorcycle informed that her father was very sick and offered to take her to the hospital.
When she accompanied them, they took her to an abandoned motor room in a farm and assaulted her. Two others joined them in the night.
Two of the accused were juveniles, sources said, adding that a special team was formed to apprehend the gang.