A 12-year-old girl with hearing impairment was sexually assaulted for seven months in an apartment in Chennai by security guards.

The incident came to light when the child informed her mother and sister about the sexual assault she had been facing for the past few months.

The mother of the 12-year-old girl has lodged a complaint with an all women police station that her daughter was raped by a lift operator and his accomplices in an apartment.

Police have detained 18 of the suspects and are searching for others involved in the crime.

According to the complainant, other staff working in the apartment such as security guards, the plumber and the carpenter also raped the girl.

The minor has also said that these men were abusing her after sedating her with drugs and threatened to kill her if she revealed this to anyone.

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