MALAPPURAM: A 12-year-old girl was allegedly sexually abused by around 30 persons at

in

. It is suspected that the girl who is class VII student, was abused with the support of her father.

In connection with the incident,

have charged case under various sections of Protection of Children From Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and took two persons including father of the girl into custody .

The issue came to light, when local people alerted the PTA members of the school where the girl was studying. The teachers who observed the girl found that she is frequently skipping classes and was mentally disturbed as well. Following this the school authorities handed her to the information child-line authorities and details of the sexual abuse were revealed through the counseling of girl conducted by the child-line volunteers.

The girl was produced before

(CWC) Malappuram on Saturday and she was sheltered at children’s home in the town. On Sunday Tirurangadi police registered a case regarding the incident and the survivor was produced before the magistrate to record the statement.

According to Anwar Karakkadan of Child-line Malappuram, the girl is only child of the family which is staying in a rented house. "The girl has revealed that she has been abused for the last two years. Their house was frequented by many persons including her father’s friends. The number of people increased during school holidays", he said. Anwar said that the girl was forced to skip school many days due to the pressure from the part of father.

In a similar sexual abuse case, father and mother had forced their children-two minor girls and a minor boy- in Kottakkal for flesh trade at Kottakkal in 2015. The survivors had given the statement that they were presented before more than 40 persons by their parents. But the police arrested only 13 persons including the survivors’ parents in connection with the case.

(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)